Jamila Medina Ríos (Holguin, 1981) is a poet, prose writer, essayist, and editor. She won the coveted David Prize in 2009 with her first book of poetry, and a collection of her essays received the prestigious Alejo Carpentier Prize in 2012. A book of short stories as well as another of poetry, has appeared in Mexico. A former poetry editor for Unión Publishers, she lives in Havana.
Generation Zero: New Cuban Poetry
Jan/Feb 2018
Palp/ Antenna/ Tentaculary
From the Spanish. Silently I pour over the soothing music in me that follows the chaos the kicking of fingers suctioned by the thirsty pink. In dampness what peace […]
Generation Zero: New Cuban Poetry
Jan/Feb 2018
Ananguish
From the Spanish. texts texts texts textures shuttles their cries (at)tack your skull they spring from it like petals and pronto: your entire head crowned prickled with words it's […]