Contributors notes

Osvaldo Aguirre (1964) has published Las vueltas del camino (poems, 1992), Al fuego (poems, 1994), Velocidad y Resistencia (relato, 1995), La deriva (novela, 1996), Los pasos de la memoria (crónicas, 1996), Estrella del norte (novela, 1998), Narraciones extraordinarias (poemas, 1999) and Historias de la mafia en la Argentina (crónicas, 2000). He participated in the anthologies La única ciudad (1995), Poesía en la fisura (1995), Antología Literaria Santafesina (1999), Los saqueos en Rosario: Crisis social, medios y violencia (1999 and Bonus Track. 2 cultural magazines 1 anthology. (1999). Editor of the culture supplement of La Capital newspaper from Rosario. He is also a journalist in the Crime section of that newspaper.

César Aira, writer, translator and essayist, has published infinite novels and stories among which are Ema, la cautiva, La prueba, El congreso de literatura, Cómo me hice monja, La Villa, El Sueño, Cumpleaños and also the essays about Copi and Alejandra Pizarnik.

Carla Alanis, Literature student at UBA. She has published Ejercicios de Caracol, illustrated by Eduardo Zabala (2003). She has a literary column in the program "Vuelta de Radio" on Mondays from 10 to 12 hs in FM Palermo, 94.7.

Gustavo Álvarez Núñez is a poet and musician. In 1999 he published Sweet home Panamericana by Editorial La Marca. He was part of the music group Spleen and participates as a journalist in Los Inrockuptibles magazine and radio programs.
Ezequiel Alemian was born in Buenos Aires in 1968. He has published La ruptura, La Devastación and Me gustaría ser un animal, by Ed. Siesta.

Antonio Andrade. MA in Brazilian Literature Brasilera and Literary Theory from the Postgraduate Program in Literatura of the Universidad Federal Fluminense. He has published the following essays: "A palavra pede silencio", "Poesia e Psicose", "Poesia e visualidade em Roberto Echavarren" and "Relacoes entre linguagem poetica e visual: notas sobre a poesia de Roberto Echavarren".
Carlos Battilana, Latinamerican Literature teacher at UBA. He has published the poetry books Unos días (1992), El fin del verano (1999), la “plaqueta” Una historia oscura (1999) and La Demora (2003).

Pedro Araya (Valdivia, Chile, 1969) has published Arco Santo (1991), PeR,noCta (2002), and together with Yanko Gonzáez, La muerte se está fumando mis cigarrillos, translation and notes of poems by Charles Bukowski (1996) Carne Fresca, Poesía Chilena Reciente (2002) and Zur Dos, última poesía latinoamericana (2004). In 1999, he directed and edited the compilation of essays by Chilean writers about cultural identity, Metáforas de Chile (2000). He has a degree in Latin-American Studies by London University, and he collaborated in various cultural magazines in Chile and abroad. He lives in Paris at the moment.

Gabriela Bejerman was born in October, 1973 in Buenos Aires. She has published Alga (Siesta, 1999), Crin (BYF, 2001), Pendejo (Eloísa Cartonera, 2003) and Sed (Cencerro, 2004). She does poetic performances and has been experimenting with musical composition lately. During 2004 the novel Presente perfecto by editorial Interzona will be published.

Carmen Berenguer (Santiago, 1946) has published “Bobby Sands Desfallece en el Muro” 1983; “Huellas de Siglo” 1986; “A Media Asta” 1988; “Escribir en los Bordes” 1990; “Sayal de Pieles” 1993; “La Mirada Oculta” 1994; “Naciste Pintada” 1999; “La gran Hablada” 2002. She has participated in lectures in national and international congresses and seminars. She was invited by universities like Boston University, Trinity College, University of Stanford, University of California (Berkeley), University of Santa Clara (California). Her poetry has been included in several anthologies. She edited literary magazines: “Hoja X Ojo” 1984, “Al Márgen” 1986. She has co-ordinated literary creation workshops in the Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades in the Universidad de Chile, in the Corporación de la Mujer La Morada and in Balmaceda 1215. She has participated in several multimedia works, performances and video art. She collaborates in the magazine “Nomadías” from Programa de Género de postítulo in Filosofía y Letras in the Universidad de Chile, and in the electronic newspaper “Primera Línea” with chronicles that will be published next year. Her poetic works and essays have been published in several national and international literary magazines. She has been translated into English and Swiss. In 1997 she got the John Simon Guggenheim Scholarship and in 2002 the FONDART

Charles Bernstein was born in New York in 1950. His first book appeared in 1976, Parsing. In 1978 he started to edit L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine together with Bruce Andrews, magazine which grouped many poets of his generation and around which an important vanguard group was formed. L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, one of the strongest forces in poetry in New York nowadays. He has edited more than 20 poetry books and has an extremely important essayist work. One of his main essay books is Contests Dream, 1985. He has also edited plenty of contemporary poetry anthologies.

Lucía Bianco was born in Punta Alta in 1979. She is a teacher from E.A.V. Bahía Blanca. In 2004 she published Preinsectario, Caza Menor and Etiquetas de dulce.

Mario Caputo, graphic designer, members of Estudio Piña, editor and art director. Responsible for Colección Golosina.

Arturo Carrera (Pringles, Bs.As, 1948). He has published more than 20 works of poetry, essays and translation. Among them are Escrito con un nictógrafo (1972), Oro (1975), Arturo y yo (1983), La banda oscura de Alejandro (1994), El vespertillo de las parcas (1997), Children’s corner (1999), Carpe Diem and Potlatch (2004). He has translated Yves Bonnefoy, Mallarmé, Michaux, Haroldo de Campos, Maurice Roche and Pasolini. In 1993, the editor Beatriz Viterbo published his essays Nacen Los Otros. In 2001 he organized the anthology of young Argentinean poets Monstruos for the Internet, later published by the Fondo de Cultura Económica. He got the National Prize of Poetry Mauricio Kohen in 1985, the Antorchas Scholarship in 1990, the Guggenheim Scholarship in 1995 and the First Prize in Premio Municipal de Poesía de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires in 1998. He has been translated into several languages.

Rafael Cippolini is an essayist, and editor of Ramona, visual art magazine. Occasional curator, member of College de Pataphysique, collaborator in many publications, and art and culture media. He is the author of Manifiestos Argentinos. Políticas de lo visual 1900-2000 (Buenos Aires, 2003).

Oliverio Coelho was born in Buenos Aires in 1977. He has been edited in Argentina, Spain and México. He has received, among other distinctions, the latinamerican short story prize Edmundo Valadés in Mèxico and Premio único Bienal Latinoamericana José Rafael Pocaterra in Venezuela. He has published Desmárgenes (poetry), tierra de vigilia (novel), la víctima y los sueños (nouvelle), y El umbral (short story).

Washington Cucurto, Santiago Vega’s most popular pseudonym, editor of Eloísa Latinoamericana and Eloísa Cartonera. He works in Casa de la Poesía and from there has launched interesting editorial projects, such as the Casilibros, the magazine Gracias Gutemberg! and the edition of hand-made books illustrated by plastic artists, which resulted in an exhibition in Malba during 2003. He was one of the editors of La novia de Tyson. He has published Zelarayán, La máquina de hacer paraguayitos, Fer, 20 pungas contra un pasajero and the novel Cosa de negros.

Cuqui was born in Córdoba in 1977. She published Cuando explota un globo (1999), Naranja verde rojo (2002), Lavados vaginales (2003), Actriz de reparto (La Creciente, 2004), Masturbación  (Eloísa cartonera, 2005), A mí me picó una araña (Eloísa Cartonera, 2005).

Roberto Echavarren, Uruguayan, lived in Londres and Nueva York for years. He is the author, among other poetry books, of El mar detrás del nombre (Alfa Prize), La planicie mojada (Caracas, Monte Ávila), Animalaccio (Barcelona, Libres del Mall), Aura amara (México, Cuadernos de la Orquesta), Oir no es ver (México, Fondo de las Artes). His chosen poems have been compiled, together with critical articles of his works, in Performance, género y transgénero (Eudeba, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2000). Medusario (México, Fondo de Cultura) is his introduction to contemporary latinoamerican poetry. Among his essay books is Arte andrógino: estilo versus moda en un siglo corto (Premio del Ministerio de Cultura de Uruguay). He has published two novels: Ave roc and Julián.

Gabriela Delmastro was born in Buenos Aires in 1970. She attended Escuela de Bellas Artes and was part of Juan Doffo’s painting workshop. She exhibited engravings in Argentina, Brazil and Cuba. She published Carnada (2004)

ná Khar elliff-ce edited Ovnipersia in December 2001 by tsé=tsé. The last edition was by Eloísa Cartonera, the short story Umbanda-Jackson, from the unpublished book Santas incubaciones! He does performances with different poets and musicians. He was one of the editors of tsé tsé magazine. He co-produces Estación Alógena together with a variable staff.

Mercedes Escardó was born in 1974. She graduated as an English Teacher in "Dr. Joaquín V. González" Teacher Training College, and works as a teacher and co-ordinator. She has recently started the Literature course of Studies at UBA and has participated in the poetry workshop co-ordinated by Romina Freschi since January 2003.

Ximena Espeche, (Montevideo, 1974). Literature graduate at UBA, studies Drama. She was a member of Zapatos Rojos, is editor of No quiero ser tu beto magazine and participated in Artefato, Buenos Aires. She has published Cosa y Sombra (2003) and periodically stages Concierto de voz hablada and, more recently, Concierto II.
Florencia Fragasso, poet, has published in many magazines and the poetry book Observatriz with illustrations by Bernardo Zeizzig, by Arte Plegable.

Fernando Fazzolari was born in Buenos Aires in 1949. In 1969 he studied painting with Jorge Demirjián and in 1971 drawing with Julio Pagano. Until 1973 he participated in several collective and individual exhibitions. By the end of 1973 he abandoned plastic art and finished his course of studies. He went back to painting in 1983. Since then he has made many individual exhibitions and has received lots of prizes. He directs the publication El surmenage de la muerta and the website www.kulturburg.com.ar

Nicolás Fernández Vicente was born in Bahía Blanca in 1986. In 2004 he won a scholarship for bright secondary students issued by Fundación Antorchas.

Daniel Freidemberg has published the poetry books Blues del que vuelve solo a casa (1973), Diario de la crisis (1986), Lo espeso real (1996) and the anthology La sonatita que haga fondo al caos (1998). Also, he was editor of El juguete rabioso magazine, director of the poetry section of El Ornitorrinco, y editor in El escarabajo de oro. In the mid ninties he made and anthology of young poetry, Poesía en la fisura. He is cofounder and member of Consejo de Dirección of Diario de Poesía magazine.

Romina E. Freschi, MA and Literature professor (UBA), coordinates together with Karina Macció the poetry group Zapatos Rojos (www.zapatosrojos.com.ar). She directs the collection Arte Plegable (Literatura and Art). As a writer she has published redondel (1998 y 2003), Estremezcales (2000), Petróleo (2002) Villa Ventana, illustrated by Fazzolari, and El-Pe-yO (2003). She coordinates literary workshops.

Francisco Garamona Buenos Aires, 1976, lives in Rosario. He studied music and plastic art. He is the author of the following books: Parafern, Deldiego, 2000; El verano, Deldiego, 2001; Carcarañá, Casa de la Poesía de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 2002; Tavali, amaranta, 2003; Cuaderno de vacaciones, Siesta, 2003; Pequeñas urnas, Gog y Magog, 2003; Una escuela de la mente, Eloísa Cartonera, 2004 and La momificación de Bárbara, Junco y Capulí, 2004. There is a CD with his songs called Garamona.

Juan Fernando García was born in Necochea, Bs. As. in 1969. He studied Literature in the National University of La Plata. He is responsible for the cycles Gara poética and Galerna poética. He works as a teacher at secondary level, coordinates reading and writing workshops, and is editor in chief of Canecalón magazine. He published La arenita (2000), todo, (2004), and participated in the anthology La niña bonita (2001).

Lorenzo García Vega was born in Cuba in 1926. He was part of the mythical magazine Orígenes and won the  National Literature Prize in 1952 with his novel Espirales del cuje. He left his country in 1968. He wrote, among others, the books Suite para la espera, Cetrería del títere, Antología de la novela cubana, Los años de Orígenes, Collages de un notario, Palíndromo para otra cerradura, Homenaje a Duchamp, El oficio de perder and Papeles sin ángel. He was part of the editorial counsels of Escandalar and Újule magazines.

Juan Gelman was born in Buenos Aires in 1930. Among his books are Violín y otras cuestiones, Gotan, Cólera Buey, Hechos, Interrupciones I y II. He has lived in Mexico since his exile. In 1997 he was given the National Poetry Prize.

Mercedes Gómez de la Cruz was born in Rosario, in 1974. She is a poet and essayist. Among her publications are “Sosteniendo el sueño” (plaquette, Índigo Ediciones, 1996), “Partículas de sentido” (plaquette, Viajeros de la Underwood Ediciones, 2000), “Los que siguen-Veintiún poetas rosarinos” (Anthology, Rosario, Los Lanzallamas, 2002) and “Lo que huye” (poems, Rosario, Los Lanzallamas, 2003). She was the editor of the magazine and editorial of narrative and poetry “Viajeros de la Underwood”. In 1999, she received the “Arte y Cultura” scholarship granted by SubSecretaría de Cultura de la Provincia de Santa Fe, for her research “Poetas mujeres que desarrollaron su obra en Rosario”. She studies Literature. She is part of the independent professorship “Felipe Aldana” in the Nacional University of Rosario. Since then she devotes herself to doing research and to making the Literature and History of Rosario known. She directs the publishing house “junco y capulí”, which makes art-books.

Yanko González (Santiago, Chile, 1971) has published Metales Pesados (1998), he book of interviews to Chilean writers Héroes Civiles y Santos Laicos (1999) and together with Pedro Araya La muerte se está fumando mis cigarrillos, traducción y notas de poemas de Charles Bukowski (1996), Carne Fresca, Poesía Chilena Reciente (2002), and Zur Dos, última poesía latinoamericana (2004). He also wrote the anthology of young Chilean poetry Voz Sero (1994) in collaboration. He is an anthropologist and lives in Barcelona.

Lucio Greco was born in 1976 and has published the poetry book Pasto de la aventura (2003).

Oscar Hahn (Chile, 1938). He has published Arte de morir (1977), Mal de amor (1981), Estrellas fijas en un cielo blanco (1981), Versos robados (1995), Apariciones profanas (2002), y Obras selectas (2003). And also de essay books Fundadores del cuento fantástico hispanoamericano (1998), Magias de la escritura (2001), and Vicente Huidobro o el atentado celeste (1998). In 1989 Pedro Lastra and Enrique Lihn edited a selection of studies about the poet called Asedios a Oscar Hahn. In 2002 El Arte by Oscar Hahn appeared in Lima, a nuew compilation of essays put together by Pedro Lastra. In 2003he won the prize “Altazor de poesía“. He has been professor of Hispanoamerican Literature in the University of Iowa for many years.

Rodolfo Häsler (Cuba,1958). He is a poet and translator. After living in Switzerland and other places in Europe, he settled in Barcelona, where he lives at present. He has published: Poemas de arena (1982), Tratado de licantropía (1988), Elleife (Aula de Poesía de Barcelona prize, 1992), De la belleza del puro pensamiento (Oscar B. Cintas Foundation of Nueva York scholarship, 1997), Poemas de la rue de Zurich (2000) y Paisaje, tiempo azul (México, Aldus, 2001). He has translated into Spanish the poetic works of Novalis (Barcelona, DVD, 2000). He is also co-director of the magazine Poesía-Barcelona.

Roberta Iannamico was born in 1972. Publicó Mamushkas (Vox, 2002), Tendal (Ediciones del Diego, 2001), El collar de fideos (Vox, 2001), among others, more recently the plaqueta Celeste Perfecto (Crudo Ediciones, 2005).

Reynaldo Jiménez was born in Lima, Perú in 1959. He has been living in Buenos Aires since 1963. He has published, among others, "Tatuajes" (poetry, 1981), "eléctrico y despojo" (1984), "las miniaturas" (poetry, 1987), "Ruido incidental/El té" (poetry, 1990), "600 puertas"( poetry, 1993), "La curva del eco" (poetry, 1998), “Reflexión Esponja (essay, 2001). He is the editor of "tsé=tsé" magazine and publishing house.

Carlos Juárez Aldazábal (1974) is from Salta, Argentina. He has published La soberbia del monje (Ultimo Reino, 1996) con subsidy from Fundación Antorchas, and Por qué queremos ser Quevedo (bajo la luna nueva, 1999). He received, among others, the First Prize to Regional Poetry of the Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación and the First Prize in the "Identidad: de las huellas a las palabras" organizad by the civil association Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo. He has an MA in Communication and lives in Buenos Aires at present.

Tamara Kamenszain, poet and essayist. She published the poetry books De este lado del Mediterráneo (1973), Los No (1977), La casa grande (1986), Vida de Living (1991), Tango Bar (1998) and El ghetto (2003), and the essay books El texto silencioso (1983), La edad de la poesía (1996) and Historia de Amor (2000)

Luciano Lamberti was born in San Francisco in 1978. He studies Literature. He co-directs the publllishing house La Creciente together with Alejo Carbonell and Alejandra Baldovin, where he has published the story book Sueños de siesta. He has participated in the Troquel project.

Leónidas Lamborghini was born in Buenos Aires in 1927. Amongst his vast and important works are El saboteador arrepentido, Las patas en la fuente, El solicitante descolocado, Odiseo Confinado, Las Rescrituras, Mirar hacia Domsaar and the novels Un amor como pocos and El jardín de los poetas . He lived in exile with his family between 1977 and 1990, when he returned to Argentina.

Fernanda Laguna, plastic artist and writer. She is the founder of Belleza y Felicidad and No hay cuchillo sin rosas, both Art spaces. She has Publisher countless works with ByF and Eloísa publishing houses, and also the book La Ama de Casa (Del Diego,1999)

Martín Legón was born in 1978 and is a self-taught plastic artist. He is responsible for Crudo Ediciones.

Julieta Lerman was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. She studies Literature at UBA. She teaches Spanish, studies French and does. She writes and likes poetry, but she hasn’t published anything yet.

Daniel Link is a university professor and writer. He teaches 20th Century Literature in Buenos Aires University and directs Radarlibros, the literary supplement of Página 12. He has edited Rodolfo Walsh’s works and has published, among others, the essay books La chancha con cadenas (1994) and Cómo se lee (2003), the novel Los años noventa (2001) and the poetry books La clausura de febrero y otros poemas malos (2000) and Carta al padre y otros escritos íntimos (2002).

Laura Lobov was born in Buenos Aires on 28 February 1978. She publisshed Las Cosas a Descansar (2004) by  Gog y Magog, editorial of which she is a founder.

Lulú – Luciana Jankilevich was born in Buenos Aires on 19 April 1981. She is a photographer. She is part of the pop group Warriors. She published Poemas de amor o no para vos (2001), despierta (2002), No es que no queramos ser, es que preferimos seguir soñando (2002), Cariño and Ella es Lulú (2003).

Macadamia is a heterogeneous art group which organises activities, performances, exhibitions, fairs, festivals since 2002. With the original idea by Marta Ares, they organised the first video festival macadamia 2005 this year. www.festivalmacadamia.com.ar

Karina Macció, MA and Literature professor (UBA), and English teacher, coordinates together with Romina E. Freschi the poetry group Zapatos Rojos (www.zapatosrojos.com.ar). As a poet, she has published Pupilas Estrelladas (1998), Ferina (2001) and Lestrygonia (2003). She coordinates literary workshops.

Anahí Mallol was born in La Plata in Mayo, 1968. She is a poet and literary critic. She has published Postdata (1998) and Polaroid (2001) both by Ed. Siesta, and the essay book El poema y su doble by Ed. Simurg.

Leonardo Martínez is from Catamarca, Argentina. He graduated in the Musical Art School of the National University of Tucumán. He published the poetry books Tacana o los Linajes del Tiempo (1989), Ojo de Brasa (1991), El señor de Antigasta (1994), Asuntos de Familia (1997) and Rápido Pasaje (1999).

Silvio Mattoni (Córdoba, 1969) Teacher at Cordoba National University. He has published, among others, El bizantino (1994), Tres poemas dramáticos (1995), Sagitario (1998) and Canéforas (2000).

Laura Mazzini, co-editor of Color Pastel, colorpastel.blogspot.com She lives in Salta.

María Medrano (Buenos Aires, 1971). She has published Despeinada (Ed. Libros de Tierra Firme, 1997), Unidad 3 (fragmentos) (Ed. DelDiego, 2001). She was the editor of "Hecho en Bs.As." magazine and at present directs the digital publishing house Voy a salir y si me hiere un rayo. She also coordinates the poetry workshop in the 31st unit of the Women Penitentiary in Ezeiza.
Daniel Muxica, editor of La Bohemia and Los rollos del mal muerto magazine. He has published, among others, Hermanecer (1976), El poder de la música (1983), El perro del alquimista (1987), Nihil Obstat (1997), Bailarina Privada (2001) and La conversación (2004).

Lucía Mondino was born in 1986. She has just started the Literature course of studies at UBA. She participates in literary workshops. She has not published yet.

Elizabeth Neira Calderón (Santiago de Chile, 1973). She is a journalist, poet and visual artist. She has worked as a cultural journalist in different media in Santiago de Chile. Her literary works have appeared in anthologies, such as “Punto Infinito”, Al Margen Editores, “30 Poetas Jóvenes”, Ediciones de la Universidad de Playa. In 2003 she published Abyecta (Al Margen Editores) thanks to which she received the Fondart scholarship to develop the video installation “Abyecta Poesía en Expansión”, which was exhibited in Alameda Art Center during January and February 2004. This year she has presented her performative poetry show in different venues in Buenos Aires and Rosario, such as La Casa de la Poesía Evaristo Carriego, Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas and Centro Cultural “El Tigre” (Rosario).

Karel Nu, también ná Khar, edited Ovnipersia in December 2001 by tsé=tsé. His last edition was by Eloísa Cartonera, el relato Umbanda-Jackson, from the unpublished book Santas incubaciones! He makes performances with different poets and musicians. He co-produces Estación Alógena (eal@abaconet.com.ar) together with a variable staff.

Cecilia Pavón, MA in Literatura, poet. She founded Belleza y Felicidad art space and has published many of her works with its publishing house and in its magazine, and the books ¿Existe el amor a los animales? (Siesta) Pink Punk (Eloísa Latinoamericana), Un hotel con mi nombre (Del Diego) and Discos Gato Gordo (Eloísa Cartonera).

Roberto Picciotto was born in Buenos Aires in 1939. He studied physics and mathematics at University of Berkeley and Indiana, where he got a doctorate in philosophy. He has lived in Spain, France, Italy, Greece and the USA. He published, among others, los libros tablas. Transiciones, Aprendizaje de la voz and recently Preludio al silencio.

Adrián Pedreira, manager. Since 2000 he has colaborated with Zapatos Rojos group as an editor and online designer, and in technical support.

Celia Pedrosa, doctor in Literarture by PUC-Río. She teaches Brazilian Literatura and Literary Theory in Federal Fluminense University, where she also coordinates the Postgraduate Program in Literature. She has published Antonio Candido: a palavra empenhada (Sao Paulo, Edusp, 1994) and Mais poesia hoje (Río de Janeiro, Argos, 2002) as compiler.

Carolina Pellejero was born in Mayor Buratovich in 1977. She was part of the Production and Text Analysis workshop coordinated Daniel García Helder and Arturo Carrera during 2000, organized by Vox.

Anna Karina Pinotti was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1973. She participated in antologías 9 ed. Vox 2002 and Pueyrredón y Santa Fé Anthology Aristas de Cobre, España. She Publisher Cataratas (Ed. Yugen, Colección el don vedado, 2005)

María Cecilia Perna studies Literature. This year she published her first poetry book La boca de Mercurio, Ed. Siesta.
Martín Rodríguez was born in Buenos Aires in 1978. He published agua negra (1998), natatorio (2001), El conejo (2001), vapor (2004) and Lampiño (2004).

Carlos Puig, plastic artist, administrator of Manuel Puig’s work after the latter’s death.

Manuel Puig was born in General Villegas, Buenos Aires province, in 1932 and died in Cuernavaca, México in 1990. In 1968 he entered into Literature with the novel La traición de Rita Hayworth. Among others, he wrote the novels Boquitas Pintadas, El beso de la mujer araña, Pubis angelical (these three with versions in film), Maldición eterna a quien lea estas páginas and Cae la noche tropical.

Gabriel Reches lives in Buenos Aires. He published El resto (2000) and Evolución (2005).

Noelia Rivero was born in Buenos Aires in 1979. She published La manera en que decimos sombrastogether with Martín Loire (2003) and Las maravillas del mundo, by Zorra ediciones, editorial of which she is a founder.

Mercedes Roffé was born in Buenos Aires in 1954 and lives in New York at present. She has published El tapiz de Ferdinand Oziel, Cámara baja, La noche y las palabras, Definiciones Mayas, among others. She is the editor of Pen Press, which publishes “plaquetas” by latinamerican authors and translations.

Juana Roggero studies communication, participates in literary workshops and was published by Color Pastel, Colección San Valentín

Carolina Romanó was born in Buenos Aires in 1983. She published Soy como ella, by Zorra ediciones, editorial of which she is responsible.

Alejandro Rubio (Buenos Aires, 1997) published música mala (1998), Metal pesado (1999) and Novela elegíaca en cuatro tomos: tomo uno (2004). He is one of the editors of poesia.com

Daniel Samoilovich (Buenos Aires, 1949) was born in Buenos Aires in 1949. His first book of poems, Párpado, was published in 1973. It was followed by El Mago, with a prologue by Beatriz Sarlo and illustrations by Guillermo Kuitca (De la Flor, 1984), La Ansiedad Perfecta, with illustrations by Juan Pablo Renzi (idem, 1991), Agosto (Pequeña Venecia, Caracas, 1995) and Superficies Iluminadas (Hiperión, Madrid, 1997). In 1999 Hidrografías/ Hydrographies, a short anthology of his poems in a bilingual edition with translations into English by Julian Cooper was published. More recently, the editions Phi, from Luxembourg, and Des Forges, from Quebec, co-edited a selection of his poems translated into French by Jean Portante (La nuit avant de monter a bord, 2001). He translates English and Latin. Among others, he has translated Horacio (XX Odas del Libro III, Hiperión, 1998; in collaboration with Antonio Tursi) and Shakespeare (Henry IV , Norma, Bogotá, 2000; in collaboration with Mirta Rosenberg). Since 1986 he directs in Buenos Aires the quarterly newspaper Diario de Poesía.

Julia Sarachu, La Plata, 1976. She participated in the Taquigrafía para principiantes anthology, Ed. Paradiso, 2002. She published Transformaciones in Ed. Gog y Magog, of which she is a founder.

Amalia Sato is a professor in Literature from Universidad de Buenos Aires. Apart from being the editor of Tokonoma magazine, she directs the collection Narrativa/Tokonoma in El Cuenco de Plata publishing house. She has done several translations (for which work she received the Konex Prize 2004), and prologues among which are El Maestro de Go and Mil Grullas, by Yasunari Kawabata; Japón: lo próximo y lo distante, by Renato Ortíz; Revelación de un Mundo, by Clarice Lispector; Yugen, by Haroldo de Campos and El Libro de la Almohada, by Sei Shonagon. She collaborates with Clarín Cultura supplement, Radar, the magazines Temas de Africa y Asia (FFyL, UBA), Contextos (FDyA, UBA) and several literary magazines, such as Vox, Ricardito and Xul. She also teaches Spanish in Fundación Centro de Estudos Brasileiros and does research in Sección Asia y Africa, in Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Alejo Steimberg was born in Buenos Aires in 1974. He has a degree in Literature issued by UBA. He lives in Brussels, where he is part of the editorial counsel of Panorámica magazine, and hosts a radio program. In 2003 he published the plaqueta Clase magistral, with design by Bruno Rota (Arte plegable) and in 2004 he edited the book P (Vox).

Silvia Vainberg, poet, plastic artist and dancer. She has been living in Belgium since 1980 and has published poetry books both in French and Spanish La rage du tounesol (1990), Astres en Vertige (1992), Caligrafía del Espíritu (1994), Para unos labios de profunda sed (1992).

Cecilia Vicuña. Chilean poet and visual artist of ample trayectoria in the USA, Europe and Latin America, author of 18 poetry books, and many anthologies of Latin American poetry. Born in Santiago de Chile in l948, studied in Escuela de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Chile, Santiago (l966-l971) and Slade School of Fine Arts, University College of London (l972-73). Since l980 she has been living in New York, where she has displayed multiple skills through her performances, installations and publications.

Walter Ch. Viegas, advanced student of Literature, has published Nieve (1999) and Hablar dormido (2003). He edits the de-géneros section in Zapatos Rojos’s webpage together with Joaquín Ibarburu.

Susana Villalba, poet. She has published, among others, Oficiante de Sombras (1982), Clínica de Muñecas (1986), Susy, secretos del corazón (1989), Matar un animal (1995 y 1997) and Caminatas (1999). She was responsible for the vanished Casa Nacional de la Poesía, where literary workshops were coodinated, the Babilonia reading cylce and the Internacional Poetry Festival of Buenos Aires in 2001.

Verónica Viola Fisher was born on 8th April, 1974. She has published hacer sapito and a boca de jarro.
Ana Wajszczuk poet and journalist. She edits, together with Luis Chaves, the Latinamerican poetry magazine Los Amigos de lo Ajeno. She has published Trópico Trip (1999). She lives in Costa Rica most of the time.

Germán Weissi published Desesperadamente in 2003. He is one of the members of Color Pastel.

Gabriel Yeannoteguy, Buenos Aires, 1978. Actor, writer, others. Has published: La serie del agua (Montevideo, Artefato, 2003). Co-director of the free ex-biweekly literary webpage literaria No Quiero Ser Tu Beto since 1998. Singer and compositor of the rigorous Concierto de voz hablada.

Marina Yuszczuk was born in Quilmes but lives in Bahía Blanca. She is a professor in Literature from Universidad Nacional del Sur. She published some of her works in Editorial Pastiche, and Guía práctica de las mariposas in Coop. Editora El Calamar.

Eduardo Zabala, graphic designer and plastic artist.He exhibits his works since 2000.
Bernardo Zeizzig, plastic artist. He illustrated and designed Florencia Fragasso’s book Poemas de la Observatriz, by Arte Plegable.

Miguel Angel Zapata has published poetry and literary essays. He is from Pirua, Perú. He is doctor in Philosophy, Washington University. Ne lives in Long Island, NY, where he is the main professor of Hispanoamerican Literature in Hofstra University. He directs Hofstra Hispanic Review and the essay collection Amaru. Among his books are Imágenes los juegos (Lima, 1987), Escribir bajo el polvo (Lima, 2000), Cuervos (México, 2000), Sparrow in the House of Seven Patios (New York, 2005) and Los muslos sobre la grama (Bs.As., 2005).