John Zheng is professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University and editor of Conversations with Dana Gioia; Conversations with Sterling Plumpp; The Other World of Richard Wright: Perspectives on His Haiku; and African American Haiku: Cultural Visions; as well as coeditor (with Biling Chen) of Conversations with Gish Jen, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has also been published in such journals as African American Review, East-West Connections, Journal of Ethnic American Literature, Paideuma, and Southern Quarterly.

John Zheng is professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University and editor of Conversations with Dana Gioia; Conversations with Sterling Plumpp; The Other World of Richard Wright: Perspectives on His Haiku; and African American Haiku: Cultural Visions; as well as coeditor (with Biling Chen) of Conversations with Gish Jen, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has also been published in such journals as African American Review, East-West Connections, Journal of Ethnic American Literature, Paideuma, and Southern Quarterly.

John Zheng is professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University and editor of Conversations with Dana Gioia; Conversations with Sterling Plumpp; The Other World of Richard Wright: Perspectives on His Haiku; and African American Haiku: Cultural Visions; as well as coeditor (with Biling Chen) of Conversations with Gish Jen, all published by University Press of Mississippi. His work has also been published in such journals as African American Review, East-West Connections, Journal of Ethnic American Literature, Paideuma, and Southern Quarterly.