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Erica Mena

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May 27

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E. Rowan Mena is a Puerto Rican poet, translator, and book artist. They hold an MFA in poetry from Brown University, an MFA in literary translation from the University of Iowa, and an M.Phil in Criticism and Culture from the University of Cambridge. Their book Featherbone (Ricochet Editions, 2015) won a 2016 Hoffer First Horizons Award. Their translation of the Argentine graphic novel The Eternaut by H.G. Oesterheld and F. Solano Lopez (Fantagraphics, 2015) won a 2016 Eisner Award. Their artist books are held in collections widely, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art. They have taught Book Arts, Translation, and Poetry at Brown University, Mills College, Harvard University, and elsewhere. They currently live in Fiskars, Finland. ...more

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	Wrinkles by Paco Roca, Erica Mena (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 11,261 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternaut by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Francisco Solano López (Artist), Erica Mena (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 9,604 ratings — published 1957 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eternaut 1969 by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Alberto Breccia (Illustrator), Erica Mena (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 1969 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of Che: An Impressionistic Biography by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Alberto Breccia (Visual Art), Enrique Breccia (Visual Art) 3.78 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 1968 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perramus: The City and Oblivion by Juan Sasturain, Erica Mena (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Alberto Breccia (Artist) 4.04 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 1985 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thirty Postcards Away by Sara Ventas (Goodreads Author), Erica Mena (Goodreads Author) 3.29 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spanish Fever: Stories by the New Spanish Cartoonists by Santiago García (Editor), Erica Mena (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Paco Roca (Introduction) 3.49 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evita: The Life and Work of Eva Perón by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Alberto Breccia (Illustrator), Enrique Breccia (Illustrator) 3.36 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1970 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Puerto Rico en mi corazón by Raquel Salas Rivera (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carina Del Valle Schorske (Editor), Erica Mena (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Featherbone 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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