Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. "Lila Zemborain brings into relationship the viscera of the body and the spill of the universe in tense compositions that blur distinctions between lyric and prose poetry, between science and eros."—Forrest Gander

"Alcalá and de la Torre's deft and calm translations offer a superb guide into the hanging gardens of a new, and very old, poetic landscape."—Jonathan Skinner

Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA

Lila Zemborain is an Argentine poet and critic who has lived in New York City since 1985. She is the author of the poetry collections Abrete sésamo debajo del agua (Buenos Aires: Último Reino, 1993), Usted (Último Reino, 1998), Guardianes del secreto (Buenos Aires: Tsé-Tsé, 2002), Malvas orquídeas del mar (Tsé-Tsé, 2004; published as MAUVE SEA-ORCHIDS [New York: Belladonna*, 2007]), Rasgado (Tsé-Tsé, 2006), and the chapbooks Ardores (Buenos Aires, 1989), and Pampa (Belladonna*, 2001). Lila Zemborain is the director and editor of the Rebel Road series, and the curator of the KJCC Poetry Series at New York University. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the M.F.A. in Creative Writing in Spanish of NYU. In 2006 she taught in the Summer Writing Program at Naropa University.

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