Joe DeLong (translation of Sasō) is a lecturer in the interdisciplinary SAGES program at Case Western Reserve University, where he has developed a course that combines writing and mathematics instruction. He has a PhD in English from the University of Cincinnati. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Mid-American Review, Puerto del Sol, Roanoke Review, Mantis, Lullwater Review, Nimrod, and Forklift, Ohio.