Selva Casal

Selva Casal is the award-winning author of fifteen books of poetry. A former lawyer, Casal is inspired by her experiences working with people who have faced injustice. Her 1975 publication of No vivimos en vano [We do not live in vain] during the military dictatorship in Uruguay resulted in her losing her position as a professor of sociology. She resides in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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No me alcanzan los brazos de la tierra

Selva Casal  | 
Issue 68.1 Fall 2019

No me alcanzan los brazos de la tierra no me alcanza la vida mis amantes me duelen andan por mi cerebro y son la vida que no tuve el silencio anterior ya estoy definitiva muerta tuve una casa tuve tantos hijos subterráneos fantasmas de noche me hostigaban cosas y voces que no sé tú podías […]