Alexander Ocheretyansky. Born in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1946. Emigrated to USA in 1979. Alexander Ocheretyansky is the author of 8 poetry books published in Russia and USA, collage books of conceptl vision (2 published books and unknown number of published and unpublished works), co-author of 2 books on history of literature, poetry anthology of Russian Avant-garde of the early 20th century and Mini-Anthology of Russian vers-libres. Since 1989 he is the editor and publisher of «Chernovik» literary-visual almanac.