from Monitored Properties
Poems and Texts
“After the Bullet History Takes Shape” by Florencia Castellano translated by Alexis Almeida
Florencia Castellano
Florencia Castellano, living in Buenos Aires, is the author of Monitored Properties, the second book in Señal’s 2016 series. She has published books of poetry, edited anthologies, and organized poetry festivals in Argentina.
Alexis Almeida
Alexis Almeida grew up in Chicago. She is the author of I Have Never Been Able to Sing (Ugly Ducking Presse, 2018), and most recently the translator Dalia Rosetti’s Dreams and Nightmares (Les Figues, 2019) and Marina Yuszczuk’s Single Mother (Spork, 2019). Her poems, essays, and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in BOMB, The Brooklyn Rail, Folder, The Poetry Project Newsletter, Tripwire and elsewhere. She currently teaches at the Bard Microcollege at the Brooklyn Public Library and runs 18 Owls Press.