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Vanessa Pérez-Rosario is a translator and a professor at the City University of New York, and the managing editor of Small Axe, a project devoted to Caribbean cultural criticism. She is the author of Becoming Julia de Burgos: The Making of a Puerto Rican Icon, which is also available in Spanish.

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A definitive, bilingual selection of poetry, essays, and letters by one of Puerto Rico's most beloved poets.

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Translating Julia de Burgos by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario Part I. Selected Poems Poema en 20 surcos / Poem in 20 Furrows

• A Julia de Burgos
• To Julia de Burgos, translated by Grace Schulman
• To Julia de Burgos, translated by Roberto Márquez
• Río Grande de Loíza
• Rio Grande de Loíza, translated by Grace Schulman
• Rio Grande de Loíza, translated by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera
• Momentos
• Moments, translated by Urayoán Noel
• Pentacromía
• Pentachromatics, translated by Robin Myers
• Nada
• Nothingness, translated by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera
• Ay Ay Ay de la grifa negra
• My, Oh My, Oh My of the Nappy-haired Negress, translated by Roberto Márquez
• Mi alma
• My Soul, translated by Carina del Valle Schorske
• Ochenta mil
• Eighty Thousand, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
• Yo misma fui mi ruta

• I Am My Own Path, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario Canción de la verdad sencilla / Song of the Simple Truth

• Poema detenido en un amanecer
• Poem Confined in a Dawn, translated by Josefina Báez
• Transmutación
• Transmutation, translated by Jack Agüeros
• Armonía de la palabra y el instinto
• Word and Instinct in Harmony, Translated by Josefina Báez
• Canción desnuda
• Naked Song, translated by Josefina Báez
• Yo fui la más callada
• I Was the Quietest, translated by Carina del Valle Schorske
• Te seguiré callada
• I Will Follow You Hushed, translated by Aurora Levins Morales
• Canción de tu presencia
• Song of Your Presence, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
• Canción de la verdad sencilla

• Song of the Simple Truth, Translated by Roberto Márquez El mar y tú / The Sea and You

• El mar y tú
• The Sea and You, translated by Aurora Levins Morales
• Casi alba
• Almost Sunrise, translated by Cyrus Cassells
• Víctima de luz
• Victim of Light, translated by Aurora Levins Morales
• Canción amarga
• Bitter Song, translated by Josefina Báez
• Entre mi voz y el tiempo
• Between My Voice and Time, translated by Josefina Báez
• Dadme mi número
• Give Me My Number, translated by Urayoán Noel
• ¡Oh lentitud del mar!
• Oh Slowness of the Sea!, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
• ¡Oh mar, no esperes más!
• Oh Sea, Wait no Longer!, translated by Josefina Báez
• Poema para mi muerte

• Poem for My Death, translated by Roberto Márquez Poemas sueltos / Loose Poems

• Campo
• Country, translated by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera
• Countryside, translated by Robin Myers
• Una canción a Albizu Campos
• A Song for Albizu Campos, translated by Carina del Valle Schorske
• Himno de sangre a Trujillo
• Bloody Hymn for Trujillo, translated by Aurora Levins Morales
• Canción a los pueblos de América y del mundo
• Song to the Hispanic Peoples of America and the World, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
• Canto a José Martí
• Song for José Martí, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
• Farewell in Welfare Island
• Despedida desde Welfare Island, translated by Mayra Santos-Febres
• The Sun in Welfare Island

• El sol de Welfare Island, translated by Mayra Santos-Febres Part II. Essays, Interview Essays, Vignettes, and Sketches
  Translated by Robin Myers Ensayos/Essays

• La mujer frente el dolor de la patria
• Women and the Pain of the Nation
• Ser o no ser es la divisa
• To Be or Not to Be Is the Motto
• Triunfa Juan Bosch en concurso periodístico
• Juan Bosch Triumphs in Journalism Contest
• Cultura en función social
• The Social Function of Culture
• José de Diego, el hombre transmutado
• José de Diego, the Transmuted Man
• Con los héroes de la independencia hispanoamericana
• With the Heroes of Hispanic American Independence
• Presentación de Marigloria Palma
• Introducing Marigloria Palma
• Luis Lloréns Torres enfermo en Nueva York
• Luis Lloréns Torres Ill in New York
• Carmen Alicia Cadilla

• Carmen Alicia Cadilla Entrevistas/Interview Essays

• Plática con Esteban Soriano
• A Conversation with Esteban Soriano
• Con Narciso Figueroa, pianista puertorriqueño
• With Narciso Figueroa, Puerto Rican Pianist
• Con Eusebia Cosme, gran recitadora cubana
• With Eusebia Cosme, Great Cuban Performer of Poetry
• Con Noro Morales, director de orquesta puertorriqueño
• With Noro Morales, Musical Director of Orquesta Puertoriqueño
• Con Conrado Vásquez, pintor revolucionario mexicano
• With Conrado Vásquez, Revolutionary Mexican Painter
• Con Josephine Premice y su arte folklórico haitiano
• With Josephine Premice and Her Haitian Folk Art
• Con Carlos Alfonso Ríos, poeta peruano

• With Carlos Alfonso Ríos, Peruvian Poet Crónicas/Vignettes and Sketches

• Perfiles de mexicanos, voces de México en Baltimore
• Mexican Profiles, Voices of Mexico in Baltimore
• Iris y Paloma en el Museo de Arte Hispánico
• Iris and Paloma in the Hispanic Society Museum and Library
• En la Cantina de la Juventud
• In the Youth Canteen
• Iris y Paloma caminan por Harlem
• Iris and Paloma Take a Walk through Harlem
• Iris y Paloma en el Museo de la ciudad de Nueva York
• Iris and Paloma in the Museum of the City of New York
• Puerto Rico en el alma de un niño

• Puerto Rico in the Soul of a Child Part III. Letters
  Translated by Robin Myers

• The Burgos García Family Acknowledgments A Note on Translations and Editions Notes Bibliography to the Introduction Contributors Index