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"Thank Goodness They're Not Here": Three Poems by Cristina Rivera Garza

April 2024

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In this set of three long poems, Cristina Rivera Garza explores mental illness, decay, and the specificity of place.

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Thank Goodness They’re Not Here

By Cristina Rivera Garza

In this poem by Cristina Rivera Garza, absences and presences jostle for remembrance and liberation.

Translated from Spanish by Ilana Luna & Cheyla Samuelson

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The Geology of the Place

By Cristina Rivera Garza

Wounded ruins and voiceless voices come alive in this poem by Cristina Rivera Garza.

Translated from Spanish by Ilana Luna & Cheyla Samuelson

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The Symptomatology of the Place

By Cristina Rivera Garza

This poem by Cristina Rivera Garza conjures a place that is rapidly changing and yet remains still in time.

Translated from Spanish by Ilana Luna & Cheyla Samuelson