Oscar Cruz

Oscar Cruz was born in Santiago de Cuba in 1979. He studied History before turning to poetry. He has been awarded ten literary prizes in Cuba during the last eleven years and has been invited to present his work in Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, India and Italy. He has had 5 books of poetry published; […]

Legna Rodríguez Iglesias

Legna Rodríguez Iglesias was born in Camagüey in central Cuba in 1984 and currently lives in Miami, Florida. As well as poetry she has written theatre, short stories, children’s books and a novel. Her poetry has been translated into Portuguese, German, Italian and English. In 2019 the PTC published A Little Body are Many Parts, […]

Hidden Meanings & Perplexing Punctuation

Translator Serafina Vick ponders unexpected turns when a Poetry Translation Workshop get stumped by an innocent comma and surprised by the target of the satirical poem ‘Urban Ranch’.