Maximiliano Ferro is an artist and an educator. http://maximilianoferro.com/
A.W. Strouse is a poet. He studies and teaches medieval literature at the City University of New York. His most recent book of poems, Retractions and Revelations, is available from Jerk Poet. For more of his work see AWStrouse.com.
Check out this interview with Allen and Max in Idiom, and this one in NYC Art Parasites, and this in Ramona Web.