Poems

by Coral Bracho, Katherine Pierpoint (Translator), Tom Boll (Translator)

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About the author

Bracho is winner of the Aguacalientes National Poetry Prize in 1981 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000. She received the 2004 Xavier Villaurrutia Award for her book, Ese Espacio, Ese Jardin. She is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte (National Artists’ Center), and in 2007 she was awarded the award “Programa de Aliento a la Obra Literaria de la Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas” in recognition of her work.

Reviews

[Andrew James]

Magnificent, luscious poems that are goosepimpling at first reading and even better when you hear them. "Aguas de bordes lúbricos", featured in an issue of the British Poetry Society's quarterly "Poetry Review" was what steered me to her. She recites on YouTube and bilingual editions are available. It's worth learning Spanish just to read her (and hear her and recite her) in her own language. And then there's Neruda ...
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