Yana Kane came to the United States as a refugee from the Soviet Union. She holds a BSE from Princeton University, a PhD in statistics from Cornell University, and an MFA in creative writing / literary translation from Fairleigh Dickinson University. My Fish Will Stay Alive, her book-length translations of Dmitry Blizniuk’s poetry, is forthcoming from Serving House Books. She is grateful to Bruce Esrig for editing her English-language texts.