Two poems by Julia Wong Kcomt

“the desert dispels this hallowed ground of coarse insinuations” and “woman eaten by cats” are translations of poems by tusán/Chinese Peruvian writer Julia Wong Kcomt from the collection Un salmón ciego, which was published in a bilingual edition, A Blind Salmon, by Deep Vellum/Phoneme Media. These poems were published in print and online in the February 2022 issue of Poetry edited by Suzi F. Garcia. Translated from Spanish. Published bilingually. Also featured on the Poetry Magazine Podcast.

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