“You’ll never escape if you never take off,/ exiting by a real or unreal door/ departing in the tone of rising rain…” By Emma Villazón, translated from Spanish by Jessica Sequeira.
“Thinking in terms of a golden age is complicated, because it can introduce nostalgia for a past time better than the present, and encourage the idea each period has its corresponding poet, which creates rivalries between the old and the new.” Adapted from Emma Villazón’s talk at the 20th International Feria de Libro in La Paz.