Isaily Pérez González (Santa Clara, 1975) has published four books of poetry. Her work has appeared in influential anthologies of young Cuban poetry and has received numerous prizes, including honorable mention for the La Gaceta de Cuba Poetry Prize in 2014.
Generation Zero: New Cuban Poetry
Jan/Feb 2018
Mall on 54th Street
From the Spanish. The children disentangled from the family shoal let loose to whirl like dervishes throw themselves to the fences: look mom no lines and the fathers (actually […]
Generation Zero: New Cuban Poetry
Jan/Feb 2018
Under the Power of the Crinoline
From the Spanish. The soundtrack drowns out all the breathing. You've fallen asleep in the middle of the plot when attentive eyes follow the floating crinoline on the screen. […]
Generation Zero: New Cuban Poetry
Jan/Feb 2018
Flourishing in Ruins
From the Spanish. Indescribable love flourishing in ruins the house that in years gone by belonged to the Chinese has seen it all: beauty and fear desire is mercury […]