About the Author

Amanda Reverón is a Venezuelan writer and photographer. She is employed by the Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura. In addition to EL SILENCIO DE LAS HORAS, the poet has published several books of poetry: De La Noche A Tus Ojos (2004), De Otros Diluvios (2007), Rumor De Barcos (2010, FUNDARTE), La Casa Que Soy (2012, Proyecto Expresiones), Ojos De Exilio (2013, Proyecto Expresiones), El Mágico Mundo De Alejandro (2013, Proyecto Expresiones). Her work appears in Las Chicas Van Al Baile, Antología De 40 Poetisas Venezolanas/Compilación with prologue by Rey D'Linares (Editorial Maribelina, Lima Perú, Casa del Poeta Peruano) and in the anthology Los Poetas Le Cantan A Martí by Rey D'Linares (SUReditores), Venezuela.

Don Cellini is a teacher and translator, a poet and photographer. He is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently Stone Poems (2016, FootHills Publishing). His previous publication with Mayapple Press are CANDIDATES FOR SAINTHOOD AND OTHER SINNERS (2013) and TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH (2010). He has published book-length translations by several Mexican poets including Roxana Elvridge-Thomas, Elías Nandino, Sergio Téllez-Pon, and Ingrid Valencia. Cellini is the translation editor for The Ofi Press Ezine which features international poetry and fiction from Mexico City.