María Baranda (b. 1962) is a Mexican poet. Her poetry has been translated into many languages, including Chinese, French, and English. Her most recent book is Teoría de las niñas (Vaso Roto, 2018). Yale University Press will soon publish her Selected Poems.
New Haven. Yale University Press. 2021. 255 pages.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT her primary influences, María Baranda pointed to Lebanese poet Andrée Chedid for her “luminosity” and the textures...
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For about a minute you spin
and the world shifts galaxies.
What germinates in your flesh is the viper’s dream.
You slither through the u...