Alison Mandaville

Poet and associate professor of English at Fresno State, Alison Mandaville received a Fulbright award for work in Baku (2007–2008). She and Azerbaijani colleagues have since received Open Society Institute and UNESCO grants for work with women writers in Azerbaijan. In addition to nearly two dozen scholarly publications, her poems have appeared in journals such as Fifth Wednesday, Seattle Review, and Skidrow Penthouse. Her short story and poetry translations have appeared in World Literature Today.