Andrei Codrescu is a poet, novelist, essayist, teacher and lecturer. The Romanian-born author is a regular commentator on National Public Radio and has published 40 books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He is also the founder of “Exquisite Corpse: A Journal of Life & Letters.”

Codrescu has received a Peabody award for the PBS version of his film, “Road Scholar,” and has reported for NPR and ABC News. He also received National Endowment for the Arts fellowships for poetry and editing, the Romanian Literature Prize, the ACLU Freedom of Speech award and the Ovidius Prize. His new books are “The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara and Lenin Play Chess” (Princeton University Press) and “Jealous Witness: New Poems” (Coffee House Press) with a CD of Storm Songs by The New Orleans.