Carefully selected from sevencollections and including a handful of poems nevercollected thispoetry bookhonors the prestigious feminist poet Alfonsina Storni by presenting some of her best work in an unparalleledEnglish translation. This bilingual edition maintains the original poems in Spanish alongside the new translations and represents over 20 years of work by one of the most significant contributors to Latin American poetry in the 20th century. The nearly 80 poems include the poet's very last, "I'm Going to Sleep," ...
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Carefully selected from sevencollections and including a handful of poems nevercollected thispoetry bookhonors the prestigious feminist poet Alfonsina Storni by presenting some of her best work in an unparalleledEnglish translation. This bilingual edition maintains the original poems in Spanish alongside the new translations and represents over 20 years of work by one of the most significant contributors to Latin American poetry in the 20th century. The nearly 80 poems include the poet's very last, "I'm Going to Sleep," which was written just before her suicide after battling cancer."
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Alfonsina's work is amazing and inspiring. She writes with such emotion that it is a sincere loss for any reader who does not take a moment to read at least one piece of work by her.