Poetry collection by Karla Marrufo.

Translated from the Spanish by Allison A. deFreese.

Poet's bio: Karla Marrufo is author of eight books including novels, poetry collections, chapbooks, plays, and works of literary criticism. Her work has won prestigious awards including: Mexico's National Wilberto Canton Award in Playwriting, the XVI Jose Diaz Bolio Poetry Prize, and the National Dolores Castro Prize for Women. She also received a fellowship from the Programa de Estimulo a la Creacion y al Desarrollo Artistico en Yucatan (the PECDA, or Program for the Expansion and Development of Creativity and the Arts in the Yucatan), which resulted in the publication of her book Merida lo invisible / Merida the Invisible (Consejo Editorial de la Secretaria de la Cultura y las Artes de Yucatan). Her recent books of verse include La Dulzura de los naufragios / The Sweetness of Shipwrecks (2020) and Si Merida tuviera puentes / If Merida Had Bridges (2021).

Translator's bio: Allison A. deFreese is a poet and literary translator whose books of verse include Nurdles and Other Poems (2022) and The Night with James Dean and Other Prose Poems (winner of Cathexis Northwest Press' 2022 chapbook competition). Her translations of Karla Marrufo's work also appear in Another Chicago Magazine, New England Review, SAND Journal Berlin's 10th Anniversary Issue, and other publications. She translated Marrufo's novel Flame Trees in May (Dalkey Archive Press and Deep Vellum Publishing, May, 2023).