Tilsa Otta has published five collections of poems and the queer novel Lxs niñxs de oro de la alquimia sexual (Random House, 2021). A multimedia artist, Otta works across video, illustration, and text. She lives in Mexico and Peru.
Poetry
Fall 2024
The sun parked in my space
The Kenyon Review · Tilsa Otta translated and read by Farid Matuk I held my breathto accomplish the great actof breathingfrom one end to the otherThe avenue was clearA blind […]
Poetry
Fall 2024
When you don’t believe in anything you’re left to
The Kenyon Review · Tilsa Otta translated and read by Farid Matuk Find the future in the part of heaven you can’t see. Dissection, break a heart to share it. […]
Poetry
Fall 2024
When they knock on my front door an engine switches on
The Kenyon Review · Tilsa Otta translated and read by Farid Matuk Suddenly everything seems to workI get moving, the lights change, the dust settlesSounds find a balanceA coalescence of […]