featured poet

Fernando Molano Vargas was born in Bogotá, Colombia, in 1961. He was the author of two novels, Un beso de Dick and Vista desde una acera, which remained unpublished until 2012. Before his death in 1998, Molano saw his poetry collection Todas mis cosas en tus bolsillos published by the Universidad de Antioquia. He died the same year from complications of AIDS, as his partner Diego Molina had years before him. Read three poems translated by Jeanine Legato.