Women of the Big Sky - Paperback

Ancalao, Liliana: - A leading Mapuche poet, Liliana Ancalao was born in 1961 in what is today Argentina. Besides being an esteemed poet and oral historian, she also works with the Mapuche community group Ñamkulawen to advance Mapuche culture, including the reclamation of Mapuzungun. She has published the books of poetry Tejido con lana cruda and Mujeres a la intemperie-pu zomo wekuntu mew, as well as a book of essays and poetry titled Resuello-neyen. She has been widely anthologized both within and beyond Argentina in books on Mapuche poetry, Argentine poetry, and indigenous poetry, and her work has been translated in English and French. A retired literature teacher, she resides in Commodoro Rivadavia.Seth, Michelson: - Seth Michelson is an award-winning poet, translator, and professor of poetry. He has published fourteen books of original poetry and poetry in translation, and he also edited the bilingual-Spanish poetry anthology Dreaming America: Voices of Undocumented Youth in Maximum-Security Detention (Settlement House, 2017), with all proceeds from its sale going to the incarcerated youth. He currently teaches the poetry of the Americas at Washington and Lee University, where he founded and directs the Center for Poetic Research.