Mark Schafer is a literary translator and visual artist who lives in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He has translated novels, short stories, essays, and poetry by a wide variety of Latin American authors including Alberto Ruy Sánchez, Virgilo Piñera, and Eduardo Galeano. In 2004, Junction Books published his translation of Gloria Gervitz's epic poem, Migrations/Migraciones. His anthology Before Saying Any of the Great Words: Selected Poetry of David Huerta, 1972–2003 will be published in fall 2008 by Copper Canyon Press. Schafer's visual map-based art has been shown across the country. Samples of his translations and of his artwork can be found on his website.