Arthur Kayzakian is an Armenian-Iranian-American diasporic poet, a teacher, and an MFA graduate from San Diego State University. He is the cofounder of Best Hybrid Works, a contributing editor at Poetry International and has served as an editor at The B-Side literary journal. He is a recipient of the Minas Savvas Fellowship, and his poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from several publications including Pacific Review, Rufous City Review, and Taos Journal of International Poetry & Art.