Charles Cantalupo has published two books of translations of Reesom Haile’s poetry: We Have Our Voice (2000) and We Invented the Wheel (2002), both by Red Sea Press. With Ghirmai Negash, he has also published Who Needs a Story: Contemporary Eritrean Poetry in Tigrinya, Tigre, and Arabic (Hdri Publishers, 2005). The author of War and Peace in Eritrean Poetry (Mkuki na Nyota, 2010), Cantalupo has a new memoir: Joining Africa: From Anthills to Asmara (Michigan State University Press, 2012). He is Distinguished Professor of English, African Studies, and Comparative Literature at Penn State.