The Invisible Borders of Time

<p><em>The Invisible Borders of Time: Five Female Latin American Poets</em> is a new anthology edited by Venezuelan-born editor and poet Nidia Hern��ndez. In this collection Hern��ndez winner of the Sundara Ramaswamy prize for <em>The Land of Mild Light: Selected Poems of Rafael Cadenas</em> gathers the voices of Cristina Peri Rossi (Uruguay) Piedad Bonnett (Colombia) Yolanda Pantin (Venezuela) Carmen Boullosa (Mexico) and Rossella Di Paolo (Peru)-five award-winning Latin American poets-into a definitive bilingual anthology. This collection representative of the region's rich poetic history samples the poetry of trailblazing female voices from the last sixty years. </p><p><br></p><p>If I write a poem it's like I'm in the middle of my words my fears and dreams-in the middle of a reality that belongs to us all but that is also mine alone says Rossella Di Paolo. This quote embodies<em> The Invisible Borders of Time</em> in which five female poets share words fears and dreams with each other and with us all yet each remains undeniably singular.</p><p><br></p><p>Many celebrated poets and translators have brought this edition into English including Sophie Cabot Black Forrest Gander Sally Keith and Rowena Hill among others.</p>