VICTOR RODRIGUEZ NUNEZ is one of Cuba's most noteworthy contemporary writers. He has published eleven books of poetry, many of them recipients of literary awards, including the David Prize (Cuba, 1980), the Plural Prize (Mexico, 1983), the EDUCA Prize (Costa Rica, 1995), the Renacimiento Prize (Spain, 2000), and most recently the Fray Luis de Leon Prize (Spain 2005) and the Leonor Poetry Prize (Spain 2006). His poems have appeared in 'The Kenyon Review', 'Denver Quarterly', 'Mid-American Review', 'Chelsea', 'New York Quarterly', 'The Literary Review', 'New England Review', 'Circumference', 'Salt Hill', and many others internationally. He is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Kenyon College.KATHERINE M. HEDEEN has a doctorate in Hispanic Literatures from The University of Texas at Austin. She is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Kenyon College. She specializes in Latin American poetry and has researched about and translated numerous contemporary authors from the region.
