ROQUE DALTON (1935-1975) is the author of eighteen volumes of poetry and prose, one of which (Taberna y otros lugares) received a Casa de las Américas prize in 1969, his work combines fierce satirical irony with a humane and exuberant tenderness. His legacy extends beyond his achievements as a poet to his political writings and political work in his native El Salvador.

NATASHA WIMMER'S translations include Álvaro Enrigue's You Dreamed of Empires, Nona Fernández's The Twilight Zone, and Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives and 2666. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.