I Am My Own Path

Vanessa Pérez-Rosario is a translator and a professor at the City University of New York, and the managing editor of Small Axe, a project devoted to Caribbean cultural criticism. She is the author of Becoming Julia de Burgos: The Making of a Puerto Rican Icon, which is also available in Spanish.

Translating Julia de Burgos by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
Part I. Selected Poems

Poema en 20 surcos / Poem in 20 Furrows

A Julia de Burgos
To Julia de Burgos, translated by Grace Schulman
To Julia de Burgos, translated by Roberto Márquez
Río Grande de Loíza
Rio Grande de Loíza, translated by Grace Schulman
Rio Grande de Loíza, translated by Raquel Salas Rivera
Momentos
Moments, translated by Urayoán Noel
Pentacromia
Pentachromatics, translated by Robin Myers
Nada
Nothingness, translated by Raquel Salas Rivera
Ay Ay Ay de la grifa negra
My, oh my, oh my of the Nappy-haired Negress, translated by Roberto Márquez
Mi Alma
My Soul, translated by Carina del Valle Schorske
Ochenta Mil
Eighty Thousand, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
Yo misma fui mi ruta
I Am My Own Path, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario


Canción de la verdad sencilla / Song of the Simple Truth

Poema detenido en un amanecer
Poem Confined in a Dawn, translated by Josefina Báez
Transmutación
Transmutation, translated by Jack Agüeros
Armonía de la palabra y el instinto
Word and Instinct in Harmony, Translated by Josefina Báez
Canción desnuda
Naked Song, translated by Josefina Báez
Yo fui la más callada
I Was the Quietest, translated by Carina del Valle Schorske
Te seguiré callada
I Will Follow You Hushed, translated by Aurora Levins Morales
Canción de tu presencia
Song of Your Presence, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
Canción de la verdad sencilla
Song of the Simple Truth, Translated by Roberto Márquez


El mar y tú / The Sea and You

El mar y tú
The Sea and You, translated by Aurora Levins Morales
Casi alba
Almost Sunrise, translated by Cyrus Cassells
Víctima de luz
Victim of Light, translated by Aurora Levins Morales
Canción amarga
Bitter Song, translated by Josefina Báez
Entre mi voz y el tiempo
Between My Voice and Time, translated by Josefina Báez
Dadme mi número
Give Me My Number, translated by Urayoán Noel
¡Oh lentitud del mar!
Oh Slowness of the Sea!, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
¡Oh mar, no esperes más!
Oh Sea, Wait no Longer!, translated by Josefina Báez
Poema para mi muerte
Poem for My Death, translated by Roberto Márquez


Poemas sueltos / Loose Poems

Campo
Country, translated by Raquel Salas Rivera
Countryside, translated by Robin Myers
Una canción a Albizu Campos
A Song for Albizu Campos, translated by Carina del Valle Schorske
Himno de sangre a Trujillo
Bloody Hymn for Trujillo, translated by Aurora Levins Morales
Canción a los pueblos de América y del mundo
Song to the Hispanic Peoples of America and the World, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
Canto a José Martí
Song for José Martí, translated by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario
Farewell in Welfare Island
Despedida desde Welfare Island, translated by Mayra Santos-Febres
The Sun in Welfare Island
El Sol de Welfare Island, translated by Mayra Santos-Febres




Part II. Essays, Interview Essays, Vignettes, and Sketches
Translated by Robin Myers

Ensayos/Essays

La mujer frente el dolor de la patria
The Patriotic Pain of Woman
Ser o no ser es la divisa
To Be or Not to Be Is the Motto
Triunfa Juan Bosch en concurso periodístico
Juan Bosch Triumphs in Journalism Contest
Cultura en función social
The Social Function of Culture
José de Diego, el hombre transmutado
José de Diego, the Transmuted Man
Con los héroes de la independencia hispanoamericana
With the Heroes of Hispanic American Independence
Presentación de Marigloria Palma
Introducing Marigloria Palma
Luis Lloréns Torres enfermo en Nueva York
Luis Lloréns Torres Ill in New York
Carmen Alicia Cadilla
Carmen Alicia Cadilla


Entrevistas/Interview Essays

Plática con Esteban Soriano
A Conversation with Esteban Soriano
Con Narciso Figueroa, pianista puertorriqueño
With Narciso Figueroa, Puerto Rican Pianist
Con Eusebia Cosme, gran recitadora cubana
With Eusebia Cosme, Great Cuban Reciter
Con Noro Morales, director de orquesta puertorriqueño
With Noro Morales, Musical Director of Orquesta Puertoriqueño
Con Conrado Vásquez, pintor revolucionario mexicano
With Conrado Vásquez, Revolutionary Mexican Painter
Con Josephine Premice y su arte folklórico haitiano
With Josephine Premice and Her Haitian Folk Art
Con Carlos Alfonso Ríos, poeta peruano
With Carlos Alfonso Ríos, Peruvian Poet


Crónicas/Vignettes and Sketches

Perfiles de México, voces de México en Baltimore
Mexican Profiles, Voices of Mexico in Baltimore
Iris y Paloma en el Museo de Arte Hispánico
Iris and Paloma in the Hispanic Society Museum and Library
En la Cantina de la Juventud
In the Youth Canteen
Iris y Paloma caminan por Harlem
Iris and Paloma Take a Walk through Harlem
Iris y Paloma en el Museo de la ciudad de Nueva York
Iris and Paloma in the Museum of the City of New York
Puerto Rico en el alma de un niño
Puerto Rico in the Soul of a Child




Part III. Letters
Translated by Robin Myers

The Burgos García Family


Acknowledgments
A Note on Translations and Editions
Notes
Bibliography to the Introduction
Contributors
Index