Translator, vocalist, poet, and educator Haleh Liza Gafori was born in New York City of Iranian descent.  Her book GOLD features her translations of poems by Rumi, the 13th century sage and mystic and is published by New York Review Books/NYRB Classics, distributed by Penguin Random House. A graduate of Stanford University, her work has been published by Columbia University Press, and featured in Literary Hub, The Marginalian, and Hyperallergic among others. As a vocalist, she has performed at David Byrne’s One Note series at Carnegie Hall and Bonnaroo. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.