About the Author

Silvia Curbelo was born in Matanzas, Cuba, and emigrated to the U.S. with her family as a child. She is the author of four poetry collections, FALLING LANDSCAPE (Anhinga Press, 2015), THE SECRET HISTORY OF WATER (Anhinga Press, 1997), The Geography of Leaving (Silverfish Review Press), and Ambush (Main Street Rag Publishers). She has received poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, the Cintas Foundation and the Writer's Voice, as well as the Jessica Noble Maxwell Memorial Poetry Prize from American Poetry Review.