Host Daniel Chacón speaks with poet Gabriel Dozal about his new collection of poetry, The Border Simulator (One World/Random House 2023). Poet Natasha Tiniacos, who translated The Border Simulator into Spanish, also joins the show to discuss the ground-breaking new book.
Gabriel Dozal is from El Paso, Texas. He received his MFA in poetry from the University of Arizona. His work appears in Poetry magazine, Guernica, Bomb Magazine, The Iowa Review, The Brooklyn Rail, The Literary Review, Hunger Mountain, The Volta, Contra Viento, and more. The Border Simulator is his debut poetry collection.
Natasha Tiniacos is a Venezuelan poet, literary translator and scholar living in New York after having been granted asylum by the US government. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures in The Graduate Center of the City University of New York with research interests in queer disability studies, poetics, and sound studies in Latin American art and literature.
Additional links/Info:
- To know more about Gabriel Dozal visit: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gabriel-dozal
- To know more about Gabriel Dozal visit his social media: @gabbydozal
- To know more about Natasha Tiniacos visit: https://natashatiniacos.com/
- Fore more on Natasha Tiniacos, visit her social media: @natiniacos
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Originally aired on September 3, 2023