by Daisy Zamora translated by Margaret Randall and Elinor Randall
Northwestern University Press, 1993 Paper: 978-1-880684-09-2 Library of Congress Classification PQ7519.2.Z35E513 1993
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
To be a woman in revolutionary Nicaragua meant to take an active role in reshaping a country. Daisy Zamora came out of that experience as a poet who found her own voice in the context of extraordinary popular struggle. Her Clean Slate: New & Selected Poems is a collection that embodies a spirit of personal and political liberation. These 110 poems include works written between the years 1968 and 1993.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Daisy Zamora is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Latin American poetry. Her work is known for its uncompromising voice and wide-ranging subject matter, encompassing human rights, politics, revolution, feminist issues, art, history, and culture. She was a combatant in the national Sandinista Liberation Front and served as Vice-Minister of Culture after the 1979 triumph. Her first book of poems won the National Poetry Prize in Nicaragua in 1977. She has published four books in English, including The Violent Foam and Clean Slate. At present she lives in San Francisco with her husband, American poet George Evans.
Margaret Randall is a poet, translator, editor, activist and scholar, who has been active for six decades. She is known for her collaborations with the Latin American literary left.
Elinor Randall was a translator, well-known for translating the work of Cuban poet José Martí. She died at age 97.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Translator's Note
1968-1978 from The Violent Foam
de La Violenta Espuma
Carta a una hermana que vive en un país lejano
Letter to My Sister Who Lives in a Foreign Land
Solamente te digo
I'm Only Warning You
Cuando te vas por la mañana
When You Leave Each Morning
Como explicarte
How to Explain
Precisamente
Precisely
Hemos ido juntando
We're Been Gathering
Para mi abuelo Vicente,
desde Enero hasta su muerte
For My Grandfather Vicente
from January to His Death
El final
The End
Cuando regresemos
When We Return
Canto de esperanza
Song of Hope
Comandante Dos
Commander Two
1988 from Clean Slate
de En limpio se escribe la Vida
Mi prima Mercedes
My Cousin Mercedes
Reflexion sobre mis pies
Reflecting Upon My Feet
Lamento
Lament
El rayo de sol
Sunbeam
Hasta las últimas consecuencias
To the Last
Fiel al corazon
Faithful to the Heart
Fiel ama de casa
Loyal Housewife
Emilia, la enfermera
Emilia, the Nurse
Otilia planchadora
Otilia, the Ironing Woman
La mesera (3)
Waitress (3)
La estrella de Teresa
Teresa's Star
Querida tía Chofi
Dear Aunt Chofi
Afeites de la muerte
Death's Makeup
Campo arrasado
A Leveled Field
Al parto
Going to Give Birth
Era una escuadra desperdigada
It Was a Ragged Squadron
Radio Sandino
Radio Sandino
Raportaje de la protesta frente a la embajada de
Estados Unidos por las maniobras Pino Grande
Report of the Demonstration in Front of the U.S.
Embassy Protesting the Pino Grande Maneuvers
Encuentro subrepiticio con Joaquín Pasos
Surreptitious Encounter with Joaquín Pasos
Carta a Coronel Urtecho
Letter to Coronel Urtecho
50 versos de amor y una confesión
no realizada a Ernesto Cardenal
50 Love Poems and an Unfulfilled
Confession to Ernesto Cardenal
Voy a hablar de mis mujeres
I'm Going to Talk About My Women
1993 New Poems Poemas nuevos
Cancion de la nieta como reina heredada
Song of the Granddaughter as Heiress Queen
Divisar la muerte
Anticipating Death
Vuelvo a ser yo misma
I Become Myself Once More
Súplica al último hijo
Entreaty to the Youngest Child
Sin respuestas
Without Answers
Día de las madres
Mothers Day
Los vecinos
Neighbors
Mensaje a los poetas
Message to the Poets
La bestia y su domador
The Beast and His Tamer
Tu perfección es
Your Perfection Is
Noticia en el supermercado
Supermarket News
Lassie (autobiografía)
Lassie (Her Autobiography)
Alter ego
Alter Ego
Adiós del ama de casa desempleada
Goodbye from an Unemployed Housewife
Trámites de divorcio
Divorce Proceedings
Marina
Seascape
Requisitos para ser reina de belleza
Requisites for a Beauty Queen
Mensaje urgente a mi madre
Urgent Message to My Mother
Contamos con que estás
Taking You for Granted
Mujer para la especie
Woman for the Species
Ser mujer
To Be a Woman
Linaje
Lineage
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by Daisy Zamora translated by Margaret Randall and Elinor Randall
Northwestern University Press, 1993 Paper: 978-1-880684-09-2
To be a woman in revolutionary Nicaragua meant to take an active role in reshaping a country. Daisy Zamora came out of that experience as a poet who found her own voice in the context of extraordinary popular struggle. Her Clean Slate: New & Selected Poems is a collection that embodies a spirit of personal and political liberation. These 110 poems include works written between the years 1968 and 1993.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Daisy Zamora is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Latin American poetry. Her work is known for its uncompromising voice and wide-ranging subject matter, encompassing human rights, politics, revolution, feminist issues, art, history, and culture. She was a combatant in the national Sandinista Liberation Front and served as Vice-Minister of Culture after the 1979 triumph. Her first book of poems won the National Poetry Prize in Nicaragua in 1977. She has published four books in English, including The Violent Foam and Clean Slate. At present she lives in San Francisco with her husband, American poet George Evans.
Margaret Randall is a poet, translator, editor, activist and scholar, who has been active for six decades. She is known for her collaborations with the Latin American literary left.
Elinor Randall was a translator, well-known for translating the work of Cuban poet José Martí. She died at age 97.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Translator's Note
1968-1978 from The Violent Foam
de La Violenta Espuma
Carta a una hermana que vive en un país lejano
Letter to My Sister Who Lives in a Foreign Land
Solamente te digo
I'm Only Warning You
Cuando te vas por la mañana
When You Leave Each Morning
Como explicarte
How to Explain
Precisamente
Precisely
Hemos ido juntando
We're Been Gathering
Para mi abuelo Vicente,
desde Enero hasta su muerte
For My Grandfather Vicente
from January to His Death
El final
The End
Cuando regresemos
When We Return
Canto de esperanza
Song of Hope
Comandante Dos
Commander Two
1988 from Clean Slate
de En limpio se escribe la Vida
Mi prima Mercedes
My Cousin Mercedes
Reflexion sobre mis pies
Reflecting Upon My Feet
Lamento
Lament
El rayo de sol
Sunbeam
Hasta las últimas consecuencias
To the Last
Fiel al corazon
Faithful to the Heart
Fiel ama de casa
Loyal Housewife
Emilia, la enfermera
Emilia, the Nurse
Otilia planchadora
Otilia, the Ironing Woman
La mesera (3)
Waitress (3)
La estrella de Teresa
Teresa's Star
Querida tía Chofi
Dear Aunt Chofi
Afeites de la muerte
Death's Makeup
Campo arrasado
A Leveled Field
Al parto
Going to Give Birth
Era una escuadra desperdigada
It Was a Ragged Squadron
Radio Sandino
Radio Sandino
Raportaje de la protesta frente a la embajada de
Estados Unidos por las maniobras Pino Grande
Report of the Demonstration in Front of the U.S.
Embassy Protesting the Pino Grande Maneuvers
Encuentro subrepiticio con Joaquín Pasos
Surreptitious Encounter with Joaquín Pasos
Carta a Coronel Urtecho
Letter to Coronel Urtecho
50 versos de amor y una confesión
no realizada a Ernesto Cardenal
50 Love Poems and an Unfulfilled
Confession to Ernesto Cardenal
Voy a hablar de mis mujeres
I'm Going to Talk About My Women
1993 New Poems Poemas nuevos
Cancion de la nieta como reina heredada
Song of the Granddaughter as Heiress Queen
Divisar la muerte
Anticipating Death
Vuelvo a ser yo misma
I Become Myself Once More
Súplica al último hijo
Entreaty to the Youngest Child
Sin respuestas
Without Answers
Día de las madres
Mothers Day
Los vecinos
Neighbors
Mensaje a los poetas
Message to the Poets
La bestia y su domador
The Beast and His Tamer
Tu perfección es
Your Perfection Is
Noticia en el supermercado
Supermarket News
Lassie (autobiografía)
Lassie (Her Autobiography)
Alter ego
Alter Ego
Adiós del ama de casa desempleada
Goodbye from an Unemployed Housewife
Trámites de divorcio
Divorce Proceedings
Marina
Seascape
Requisitos para ser reina de belleza
Requisites for a Beauty Queen
Mensaje urgente a mi madre
Urgent Message to My Mother
Contamos con que estás
Taking You for Granted
Mujer para la especie
Woman for the Species
Ser mujer
To Be a Woman
Linaje
Lineage
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