Cuban-born Pablo Medina is the author of nineteen books, most recently the novel THE FOREIGNER'S SONG: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Tiger Bark Press, 2021), The Cuban Comedy, Soledades (poems in Spanish), THE ISLAND KINGDOM (Hanging Loose Press, 2015), and THE MAN WHO WROTE ON WATER (Hanging Loose Press, 2011). His critically acclaimed translations include García Lorca's Poet in New York (with Mark Statman) and Alejo Carpentier's seminal novel The Kingdom of This World. Medina's work has appeared in various languages and in magazines and periodicals throughout the world. Winner of many awards for his work, including fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, Medina lives in Williamsville, Vermont, and is on faculty at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.