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Arturo Mantecón

Host Daniel Chacón talks with poet, story writer and translator Arturo Mantecón about his book El día más delicioso de mi vida.

Host Daniel Chacón talks with poet, story writer and translator Arturo Mantecón about his book El día más delicioso de mi vida.

His poetry has appeared in La Ventana Abierta, Poetry Now and various anthologies. His short stories have been published in The Americas Review, Café Bellas Artes, Bliss, and The Dunes Review. A collection of his short stories, Memories, Cuentos Verídicos, y Otras Outright Lies, was published by En Casa in 2014.

He has translated the poetry and prose of the mad Spanish poeta maldito, Leopoldo María Panero, in three collections: My Naked Brain (Swan Scythe Press, 2011), Like an eye in the hand of a beggar (Editions Michel Eyquem, 2013), and Rosa Enferma / The Sick Rose (Swan Scythe Press, 2016).

Interview Originally Aired on April 17, 2022.