Mu Ye, formerly known as Liu Jiangtao, was born in Beijing in 1974. He graduated from the history department of Fudan University and then worked as a teacher, journalist, and editor. Now he works in Shanghai Culture magazine. In 2006, he was awarded the Poetry Review Award of the China Times Literary Awards. His poems are found in Poetry Periodical, Poetry Monthly, People’s Literature, Beijing Literature, etc. Some of his poems have been published in the Fudan Poetry Selection and The Ties of Poetry: Selected Poems of China and Russia. He has also published an essay collection, a book on literary commentary, and a thematic interview collection he is working on will be published in the middle of this year.