Articles tagged "Dominican Literature"

Self-Portrait (Mag: Articles)

By Frank Baez | November 1, 2011

At one and a half I rolled up the stairs to the second floor. At six I almost drowned in a pool. At seven a current swept me down a river. They hit me with a stick, with a rifle-butt, with a two-by-four.…...

Translated from Spanish by Hoyt Rogers bilingual version

Deus ex Machina (Mag: Articles)

By José Mármol | November 1, 2011

Throw the dice, Lord, your turn has come and it is winter. The trident is cornered, the mountains covered with a skin of ash. Lord, behold light’s song here, your due, in the stillness of the sea…...

Translated from Spanish by Erica Mena bilingual version

Bird’s Nest (Mag: Articles)

By Aurora Arias | November 1, 2011

Luminous missionaries our sexual bodies perfect as a bird's nest carnivorous, incomparable.   The bodies of virgins hold all the dreams the honeyed bodies of whores hold all the men The bodies…...

Translated from Spanish by Erica Mena bilingual version

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