Alicia Borinsky is professor of Latin American and comparative literature and directs the Writing in the Americas program at Boston University. Cola Franzen has collaborated with Alicia Borinsky in the translation of several of her books, among them Golpes Bajos/Low Blows, Suenos del seductor abandonado/Dreams of the Abandoned Seducer, and Mina cruel/Mean Woman. She lives in Cambridge, Massachussetts.
"The latest publication of the Borinsky-Franzen team, Frivolous
Women and Other Sinners/Frívolas y pecadoras is one of Borinsky's
most powerful works to date. The original Spanish versions of the
poems are sharp and witty, while their English translations are
confident and creative. . . .This collection of poems exemplifies
the collaborative endeavours of Borinsky and Franzen."--Regina
Galasso "Translation Review"
"While the title almost implies a reproach, Frivolous Women and
Other Sinners is a celebration of the eccentric, defiant, glamorous
cast of characters who inhabit Borinsky's poetry--women doing their
level best to give sin a good name. In many ways, the collection
invites comparison to Sappho. . . . Borinsky has both charm and
core. . . . The English-language poems retain the bounce of the
Spanish originals and are bursting with confidence."-- "University
of Arizona Poetry Center" (6/25/2009 12:00:00 AM)
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