Born in Cuba, written in Miami, published in Buenos Aires. Goma presents its new book: Miami Century Fox.
51 bilingual poems by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
Through the constraints of classical meter, this book explores the difficulties inherent in the author's migration from Cuba to the United States. The poems are infused with a subtle humor that gradually unfolds alongside the nostalgia, estrangement, and loneliness of a migrant woman navigating twenty-first-century Miami.
“These poems, each and every one of them, are sonnets. [...] With Miami Century Fox, Legna inhabits the constraints of a closed poetic form and finds nothing less than freedom within them.” —Robin Myers
This bilingual edition (Spanish/English) was translated by Eduardo Aparicio. It includes critical essays by Katerina González Seligmann and Robin Myers.
About the Author
Legna Rodríguez Iglesias (Camagüey, 1984) is a Cuban writer and one of the most compelling voices in contemporary Latin American poetry.
She has received numerous awards, including the Julio Cortázar Ibero-American Short Story Prize (2011), the Casa de las Américas Prize (2016), and the Paz Prize for Poetry (2016). Her published works include the novels Mayonesa bien brillante (2012) and Las analfabetas (2015), and the short story collections Ne me quite pas (2010) and Mi novia preferida fue un bulldog francés (2017). Her poetry collections include Hilo+Hilo (2015), Título (2020), and Dame spray (2023). She has also published essays such as Crítica madre (2023) and Princesa Miami (2024). She lives in Miami.
“Legna Rodríguez Iglesias writes as if she were afraid of nothing. She experiments, broods, provokes, desires, jokes, and challenges without a shield.” —Robin Myers.
A Poem from the Book
Fuji, Ararat
My friend tells me over chat.
That I should stay, that it's for the best.
She tells me love is not love.
I believe in love. The chat goes dead.
I head for Mount Fuji, Ararat.
I drink four glasses of liquor.
I tell myself: you'll see, there will be comfort,
don't be afraid, poor girl, little cat.
I saw an abyss climbing up the hill.
Coming down the hill, I saw an abyss.
What if I get lost in the mist?
I'll change my sofa and metabolism.
I'll change my laxative and aspirin.
I believe in love and in tourism.
2025
14.5 × 21 cm
164 pages
Sewn binding
Gold foil stamping on the cover
Cover: 270 gsm coated cardstock
Interior: 80 gsm Bookcel paper
Weight: 190 g
