Nick Admussen is an associate professor of Chinese literature and culture at Cornell University. He is the author of Recite and Refuse: Contemporary Chinese Prose Poetry (2016), the translator of Ya Shi's poetry collection Floral Mutter (2020), and an active poet whose most recent chapbook is titled Stand Back, Don't Fear the Change. His newest research focuses on the poetics of stricture and restrictions around expression in both China and the US.