{"id":445,"date":"2024-02-01T18:53:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T18:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/services\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T00:47:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T00:47:56","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"445\" class=\"elementor elementor-445\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-6022b20 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6022b20\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a7510f6 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"2a7510f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"712315126\" aria-label=\"Tabs. Open items with Enter or Space, close with Escape and navigate using the Arrow keys.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-heading\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-7123151261\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-7123151261\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-7123151261\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tPublished Books\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-7123151262\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-7123151262\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-7123151262\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tEssays &amp; Articles\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-7123151263\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-7123151263\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-7123151263\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tWorks in Progress\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-7123151261\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-7123151261\" data-tab-index=\"1\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\" class=\"e-active elementor-element elementor-element-2da8a714 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2da8a714\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b2467d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b2467d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f5aef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f5aef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13efd07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13efd07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7477e1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7477e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-506fc97 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"506fc97\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89e75bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89e75bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Literary-translation-1024x186.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2623\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f85181 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f85181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For information about each title or to purchase the book, click on the cover image.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-888d03b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"888d03b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52428dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52428dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0492b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e0492b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-920ae44 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top e-transform elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"920ae44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_mouse&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/stay_book\/\" stay=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/stay-this-day-and-night-with-me.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"stay this day and night with me\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStay This Day and Night with Me\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBel\u00e9n Gopegui <\/br>(Spain)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7869201 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"7869201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_mouse&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/migrations_book\/\" migrations=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Migrations.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Migrations\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMigrations: Poem, 1976\u20132020\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGloria Gervitz<\/br>\n (Mexico)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d719467 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"d719467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/maps_book\/\" the=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-scale-of-maps.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"The scale of maps\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Scale of Maps\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBel\u00e9n Gopegui <\/br>(Spain)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-115fa6c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"115fa6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-456b690 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"456b690\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7053d2e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7053d2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e3b456 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"9e3b456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/beroresaying_book\/\" target=\"_blank\" before=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/before-saying-any-of-the-great-words.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"before saying any of the great words\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBefore Saying Any of the Great Words: Selected Poems\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Huerta <\/br>(Mexico)\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8da1a elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"3a8da1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/strippingaway_book\/\" target=\"_blank\" stripping=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Stripping-away-the-sorrows-from-this-world.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Stripping away the sorrows from this world\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStripping Away the Sorrows from this World\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJes\u00fas Gardea <\/br>(Mexico)\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60bd358 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"60bd358\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/findingvoices_book\/\" dar=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Finding-voices-in-the-rain.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Finding voices in the rain\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDar nombres a la lluvia\/Finding Voices in the Rain\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlan West<\/br>(USA)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c9a492 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c9a492\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94dc59 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d94dc59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4899d87 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4899d87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-143e070 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"143e070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/mogador_book\/\" mogador=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-name-of-the-air.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Mogador: The Names of the Air\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMogador: The Names of the Air\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlberto Ruy S\u00e1nchez <\/br>(Mexico)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f65a715 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"f65a715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/embraces_book\/\" the=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-book-of-embraces.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"The Book of Embraces\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Book of Embraces\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEduardo Galeano<\/br> (Uruguay)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a474f7 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"5a474f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b7acdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b7acdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-911ce94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"911ce94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7854b28 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"7854b28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/embraces_book\/\" the=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3848908 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"3848908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/renesflesh_book\/\" ren=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/renes-flesh.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"rene&#039;s flesh\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRen\u00e9's Flesh\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVirgilio Pi\u00f1era<\/br> (Cuba)<\/br><\/br><b><font color=\"blue\">CURRENTLY BEING REVISED FOR  REPUBLICATION!<\/b><\/font>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6335e79 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-cta--valign-top elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"6335e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/index.php\/books\/coldtales_book\/\" target=\"_blank\" cold=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cold-tales.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Cold tales\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCold Tales\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVirgilio Pi\u00f1era<\/br>(Cuba)<\/br><\/br><b><font color=\"blue\">CURRENTLY BEING REVISED FOR  REPUBLICATION!<\/b><\/font><\/b>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-7123151262\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-7123151262\" data-tab-index=\"2\" 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-565c5af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"565c5af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b71e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b71e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Essays-Articles.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2517\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72df4ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"72df4ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52493c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52493c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Gloria Gervitz and Migraciones:<br>A Bibliomythography\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-756d4be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"756d4be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My essay about Gloria Gervitz and <i>Migraciones<\/i>, \u201cGloria Gervitz y <i>Migracione<\/i>s: Una bibliomitograf\u00eda,\u201d is the first essay in this collection: <i>Este es el testimonio del oyente. Aproximaciones cr\u00edticas en torno a Migraciones de Gloria Gervitz<\/i>, ed. Tania Favela Bustillo (forthcoming 2024). [link to come] It is the first collection of critical essays on Gervitz&#8217;s poetry ever to be published.<\/p><p><strong>My English version of this essay is still looking for a publisher<\/strong> (journal, anthology, etc.). <strong>Let me know if you have a suggestion!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a9ffc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4a9ffc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adb7b82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"adb7b82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cElogio y agradecimiento a David Huerta\"<br><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2816903 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2816903\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The text of \u201cElogio y agradecimiento a David Huerta\u201d,\u00a0 my presentation at the \u201cAmigos de David Huerta\u201d panel at the 2019 Guadalajara International Book Fair was reprinted in 2022 by <em>Letras Libres<\/em>, shortly after David&#8217;s death:<\/p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/letraslibres.com\/literatura\/mark-schafer-elogio-agradecimiento-david-huerta\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/letraslibres.com\/literatura\/mark-schafer-elogio-agradecimiento-david-huerta\/<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/center>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be87e3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"be87e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b021afc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b021afc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My presentation at the 30th anniversary celebration of David Huerta\u2019s book-length poem <i>Incurable<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-128fe18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"128fe18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The text of \u201cEn el trig\u00e9simo aniversario de la publicaci\u00f3n de Incurable,&#8221; which I presented at <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oralapluma.blogspot.com\/2018\/03\/a-la-salud-del-incurable.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary celebration of David Huerta\u2019s book-length poem <em>Incurable<\/em>,<\/a><\/span><\/strong> was later published in <em>A la salud de Incurable: Homenaje a David Huerta<\/em>. Ed. Fernando Fern\u00e1ndez and Carlos Ulises Mata. Universidad de Guanajuato: 2020.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-7123151263\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-7123151263\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-3311afd8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3311afd8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156a1dba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"156a1dba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0b3f1a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e0b3f1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3e3a80 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f3e3a80\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ca142 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93ca142\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0ace92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f0ace92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/beforesaying.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WIP_Translation-1024x186.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2628\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8c6af5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8c6af5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For information about each title or to purchase the book, click on the cover image.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98ce193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98ce193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">David Huerta's <i>The Skein and the Breeze <\/i><br>(<i>El ovillo y la brisa<\/i>)<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49a9e58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49a9e58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am currently translating David Huerta\u2019s 2018 book of prose poetry, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/periodicodepoesia.unam.mx\/texto\/david-huerta-entre-la-poesia-y-la-prosa\/\"><em>El ovillo y la brisa <\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span>(<em>The Skein and the Breeze<\/em>) for publication by a yet-to-be-found press.<\/p><p>Click<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bombaylitmag.com\/poems-by-david-huerta\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to read my translation into English of &#8220;Prologue to a Storehouse Hymn&#8221; and four other prose poems from this collection, published in the December 2023 issue of the absolutely delightful, thrice-yearly literary magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/bombaylitmag.com\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Bombay Literary Magazine<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. (And<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=42B_q67YtZ4\">here<\/a><\/span> <\/strong>is Huerta talking about this book.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8306a78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8306a78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29fd490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29fd490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">David Huerta's <i>Las hojas: Sobre poes\u00eda<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b2b583 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b2b583\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I am imagining translating David Huerta\u2019s 2019 book of 33 short essays on poetry, <a href=\"https:\/\/sigloenlabrisa.com\/2020\/03\/27\/las-hojas-de-david-huerta-el-libro\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Las hojas: Sobre poes\u00eda<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. <\/a>These were essays that Huerta published over a decade in the Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico&#8217;s <em>Revista de la Universidad<\/em> durante una d\u00e9cada.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd5b97d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fd5b97d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f269d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f269d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Virgilio Pi\u00f1era's <i>Cold Tales<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d021ad1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d021ad1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1987, as I was finishing <em>Cold Tales <\/em>(my translated collection of almost all the short stories Virgilio Pi\u00f1era\u2019s had published before his death in 1979,) two posthumous collections of his stories were published in Cuba: <em>El fogonazo <\/em>and <em>Muecas para escribientes<\/em>. Which is to say that by the time my first book of translations was published it was already sorely incomplete. And to make matters worse, this book has been out of print for over two decades.<\/p><p>It took me thirty-seven years, an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/impact\/literary-arts\/translation-fellows\/mark-schafer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">NEA Literature Translation Fellowship<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, and a commitment from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrb.com\/products\/migrations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">New York Review Books<\/span><\/a> <\/strong>to publish an expanded edition of <em>Cold Tales<\/em>, but I have finally returned to where I began as a literary translator to at last \u2018finish the job.\u2019<\/p><p>The expanded edition of <em>Cold Tales<\/em> will include 25 more stories by Pi\u00f1era, most translated into English for the first time, ranging from his first recorded story to one of his last, and including one story, which I recently \u2018rediscovered,\u2019 that hasn\u2019t been republished in Spanish since it first appeared 1944. The expanded collection will also include my thoroughly revised and corrected translations of the 43 stories by Pi\u00f1era that appeared in the 1987 edition of <em>Cold Tales<\/em>: a total of 67 stories, ranging from one paragraph to 30 pages long.<\/p><p>Here is my translation of one of the stories that will appear in the expanded <em>Cold Tales<\/em>, originally published in BOMB in 2007: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bombmagazine.org\/articles\/2007\/04\/01\/belisario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Belisario<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u201d (Click on title to read.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce589b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ce589b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06de28f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"06de28f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><strong>Virgilio Pi\u00f1era's <em>Ren\u00e9's Flesh<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37cdda6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37cdda6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A new edition of <em>Ren\u00e9&#8217;s Flesh<\/em>, which has been out of print for over two decades, is now on its way! My thoroughly revised translation of Virgilio Pi\u00f1era\u2019s classic anti-bildungsroman, will be published by New York Review Books.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published Books Essays &amp; Articles Works in Progress For information about each title or to purchase the book, click on the cover image. 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