Aleksey Porvin is a Russian poet born whose poems can be found in World Literature Today, Cyphers, Saint-Petersburg Review, and elsewhere. He is the author of two collections of poems in Russian, “Darkness is White” (Argo-Risk Press, Moscow, 2009) and “Poems” (New Literature Observer Press, Moscow 2011). His first book of poems translated into English “Live By Fire” was published by Cold Hub Press in 2011. His poems have been recently short-listed by Andrey Bely Prize and The Russian Debut Prize.