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One of the greatest living Latin American poets compiles and introduces an essential anthology.
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Table of Contents & Translators
Introduction by Raúl Zurita & Nezahualcoyotl poem (Forrest Gander)
Gabriela Mistral
"The Fugue" (Anna Deeny)
Vicente Huidobro
Prelude, Canto IV, VI, and VII from Altazor (Eliot Weinberger)
César Vallejo
"III," "V," "VI," "VII," "IX," XII Mass," "XIII," "XV Spain, Take This Cup from Me" from Spain, Take This Cup from Me (Clayton Eshleman)
Pablo De Rokha
"Song of the Old Man" (Evan Lavender-Smith and Carmen Giménez Smith)
Jorge Luis Borges
"Conjectural Poem" (Jen Hofer)
Pablo Neruda
"I," "II," "III," "IV," "V," "VI," "VIII," "IX," "XII" from The Heights of Macchu Picchu (Jack Schmitt)
Nicanor Parra
"Soliloquy of the Individual" (Jen Hofer)
Juan Rulfo
"You Don't Hear the Dogs" (Esther Allen)
Ernesto Cardenal
"Prayer for Marilyn Monroe" (Jen Hofer)
Jaime Sabines
"A Few Word on the Death of Major Sabines" (Mark Schafer)
Juan Gelman
"Letter to My Mother" (Katherine Hedeen & Victor Rodriguez Nuñez)
Héctor Viel Temperley
from Hospital Británico (Stuart Krimko)
Alejandra Pizarnik
from "Árbol de Diana" (Anna Deeny)
José Watanabe
"Guardian of Ice" (Michelle Gil-Montero)
Gonzalo Millán
"Life" (trans by Mark Schafer)
About the author
Raul Zurita: Raúl Zurita, winner of the Chilean National Prize for Literature, survived arrest and torture during Pinochet’s dictatorship. He co-founded CADA (Colectivo de acción de arte), and has created huge poetic art pieces, including poems carved into cliffs that can only be read from the sky.
Forrest Gander: Forrest Gander is a poet, translator, and professor at Brown University. His many honors include the Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative North American Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship; his books have been named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
