Afaa Michael Weaver is the author of eleven collections of poetry, including Like the Wind, a translation of his work into Arabic by Wissal Al-Allaq. Also a playwright, he has received NEA & Pew fellowships, a Fulbright award to teach in Taiwan, a Pushcart prize, the May Sarton Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His newest book of poems is The Government of Nature.