The Years of Learning

Oscar Cruz (Santiago de Cuba, 1979) has published five books of poetry, the latest being La Maestranza (2014). He holds a degree in history from the Universidad de Oriente. He is the coeditor of the prestigious literary journal La Noria. He lives in Santiago de Cuba.

Katherine M. Hedeen is the poetry in translation editor for the Kenyon Review and the associate editor of Action Books.  She is a two-time recipient of a NEA Translation Project Grant, she is a professor of Spanish at Kenyon College.

Víctor Rodríguez Núñez is one of Cuba's most outstanding contemporary writers. He has published more than thirty books of poetry throughout Latin America and Europe and has received major awards all over the Spanish-speaking world. He divides his time between Gambier, Ohio, where he is professor of Spanish at Kenyon College, and Havana, Cuba.