{"product_id":"the-sweetness-of-shipwrecks-la-dulzura-de-los-naufragios-9781952869945","title":"The Sweetness of Shipwrecks: La Dulzura de los Naufragios","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoetry collection by Karla Marrufo. Translated from the Spanish by Allison A. deFreese.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarla Marrufo is the author of eight books including novels, poetry collections, chapbooks, plays, and works of literary criticism. Her work has won prestigious awards including: Mexico's National Wilberto Cantón Award in Playwriting, the XVI José Díaz Bolio Poetry Prize, and the National Dolores Castro Prize for Women. She also received a fellowship from the Programa de Estímulo a la Creación y al Desarrollo Artístico en Yucatán (the PECDA, or Program for the Expansion and Development of Creativity and the Arts in the Yucatán), which resulted in the publication of her book \u003cem\u003eMérida lo invisible \/ Mérida the Invisible\u003c\/em\u003e (Consejo Editorial de la Secretaría de la Cultura y las Artes de Yucatán). Her recent books of verse include \u003cem\u003eLa Dulzura de los naufragios \/ The Sweetness of Shipwrecks\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and \u003cem\u003eSi Mérida tuviera puentes \/ If Mérida Had Bridges\u003c\/em\u003e (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllison A. deFreese is a poet and literary translator whose books of verse include \u003cem\u003eNurdles and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (2022) and \u003cem\u003eThe Night with James Dean and Other Prose Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of Cathexis Northwest Press' 2022 chapbook competition). Her translations of Karla Marrufo's work also appear in \u003cem\u003eAnother Chicago Magazine, New England Review, SAND Journal \u003c\/em\u003e(Berlin), and other publications. She translated Marrufo's novel \u003cem\u003eFlame Trees in May \u003c\/em\u003e(Dalkey Archive Press and Deep Vellum Publishing, May, 2023) and book of verse The City Within You (Cathexis Northwest Press, 2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cathexis Northwest Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952869945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Karla Marrufo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45419033919669,"sku":"9781952869945","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2279c74b-66cf-463b-802e-aaab2b729e76.jpg?v=1748390683","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sweetness-of-shipwrecks-la-dulzura-de-los-naufragios-9781952869945","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}