Eric SellinEric Sellin taught French and American literature in the United States, Europe, and Africa, notably at Temple University (1962-1991) and Tulane University (1991-2001). He has held three Senior Fulbright Awards to Algeria (1968-69), Senegal (1978-79),and Morocco (1989). He now resides year round in Philadelphia. Sellin is the author of two scholarly books on French avant-garde literature, two books on soccer, and eight books of poetry, three of which-including Ombres de mon soleil: Poemes 1970-2005-were composed in French. His poems and translations have recently appeared in Philadelphia Poets, The Schuylkill Valley Journal, Hinge Online, Mead, Blue Unicorn, Chronicles, Metamorphoses, World Literature Today, Ezra, and Measure. Abdelfattah Kilito's Arabs and the Art of Storytelling: A Strange Familiarity, co-translated by Mbarek Sryfi and Sellin (Syracuse University Press, 2014), was a finalist for the 2015 French-American Foundation Translation Prize in non-fiction. Read More Read Less