Oliverio Girondo has to be one of the most baffling poets of twentieth-century Latin American modernism. Among English readers, his works do not have the name recognition of Neruda, Borges, Vallejo, Paz, or Martí. Yet this Argentine word-slinger provides some intoxicating abstractions in a language that resembles an alien life-form bursting out of vaguely Spanish words. This… Continue reading Molly Weigel: Oliverio Girondo Translations
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