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New Voices in Uruguayan Poetry

In this collection, originally featured in the December 2014 issue of Words Without Borders, we present a selection of new poetry from Uruguay guest edited by Jesse Lee Kercheval, featuring work from Andrea Durlacher, Victoria Estol, Fabián Severo, and Paula Simonetti.

New Voices in Uruguayan Poetry

By Jesse Lee Kercheval

The poetry scene in Uruguay is hyperactive.

[the nail fell]

By Victoria Estol

i follow the rabbit like Alice / it’s good

Translated from Spanish by Seth Michelson

Multilingual

I’m not going to talk

By Paula Simonetti

this alphabet / speaks only of you and my childhood

Translated from Spanish by Catherine Jagoe

Multilingual

Night Up North

By Fabián Severo

Artigas has a language that nobody owns.

Translated from Portuñol by Dan Bellm

Multilingual

Linguistics in the Time of Uruguayan Invasion

By Andrea Durlacher

Linguistics isn’t a resource that’ll ever carry a nation to / glory.

Translated from Spanish by Anna Guercio Rosenwong

Multilingual