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Mariana Spada

Portrait of Argentinean writer Mariana Spada
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Mariana Spada

Mariana Spada was born in Entre Ríos, Argentina, in 1979. She studied Literature in Santa Fe (Argentina), and lived in Buenos Aires for about a decade before moving to Barcelona, Spain, where she currently resides. Ley de conservación, her first book, was published by Gog y Magog in Buenos Aires in 2019.

Articles by Mariana Spada

A woman's hand is reflected in a mirror in this black-and-white photo
Photo by Михаил Секацкий on Unsplash
When Did You Know
By Mariana Spada
In this poem, Argentinian writer Mariana Spada echoes the questions and comments she receives about her trans identity from the people around her.
Translated from Spanish by Robin Myers
Multilingual
Post-Op
By Mariana Spada
somewhere in between the promise and the certainty of rain / the bounds of things / —all things, including you— / are blurred
Translated from Spanish by Robin Myers