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Too Bright to See

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Too Bright to See is a book that plays with form as much as language. The poems are a mixture of wit, nostalgia, high school English class, and good literature. There are love poems and there are poems about everyday …

207th Bone: Interview with Xi Nan

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Xi Nan´s most recent project is 207th Bone, a translation of poetry by Zhou Li which is coming out October 22nd with Simi Press. I had the opportunity to speak with her about the project, Chinese poetry, and the art of translation.

Sangama

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La primera vez que leí Sangama, la gran novela de aventuras en la selva de Arturo D. Hernández, quedé perturbado para siempre …

207th Bone

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In this poetry collection written by the Chinese poet Zhou Li (周立), the poems have no title and are only …

Blonde Indian

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We settle in for the next wait. Get comfortable, fit our butts on the floor, on chairs, against the wall. …

Crônicas

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There is a creature living inside me as if he were at home, and he is. He is a black horse with a shiny coat …

Literature from the Peruvian Amazon

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When people read literature from the Peruvian Amazon they expect the story and characters to be exotic, colorful, attention grabbing, …

Retablo

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This novel is set in the Peruvian Andes during the violence of the 80s. Strong, lyrical, and introspective, I fell …