A Tradition of RuptureAlejandra Pizarnik Since the publication of her 1955 debut poetry collection, The Most Foreign Country, Alejandra Pizarnik has captivated the imaginations of many of Latin Americas most celebrated twentieth century writers, from Octavio Paz and Julio Cortzar to Roberto Bolao and Ral Zurita. Over the last several years, the majority of Pizarniks poetry has been translated into English, garnering enormous acclaim in the U. S. and abroad, yet her

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migrant workers

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Her speakers make cognitive leaps with youthful credulity

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These poems accrue from fleeting details

Of immigrant seamstresses killed in one of the deadliest industrial disasters in United States history

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