Nicholas Rattner holds a Masters in English Literature from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is a former basketball journalist and Editor for Ugly Duckling Presse; currently, he teaches English at Holyoke Community College. With Marta del Pozo he has received an NEA grant to translate into English Yvan Yauri's book of poems Viento de fuego / FireWind (Ugly Duckling Presse, New York).