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Poetry

In Puget Sound

By Isabel Zapata
Translated from Spanish by Robin Myers
Human and natural tragedy intersect in Isabel Zapata's poem about the Richard Russell Horizon Air incident and mother orca Tahlequah's thousand-mile journey with her dead calf.
November 10, 2020
Published in Global Warnings: Writing on Climate and the Environment
Mexico   Climate Change Natural World Animals

 

© Isabel Zapata. By arrangement with the author. Translation © 2020 by Robin Myers. All rights reserved.

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© Isabel Zapata. By arrangement with the author. Translation © 2020 by Robin Myers. All rights reserved.

Portrait of Mexican writer Isabel Zapata
Isabel Zapata

Isabel Zapata is a writer, translator, and editor.

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Robin Myers

Robin Myers is a poet and translator based in Mexico City.

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