Jesse Lee Kercheval

About The Author

Jesse Lee Kercheval is a professor emerita at the University Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of over twenty-five books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction and the translator of ten books of Uruguayan poetry.

Books by Jesse Lee Kercheval

Fierce Voice / Voz feroz

Contemporary Women Poets from Argentina and Uruguay

A bilingual anthology, Fierce Voice / Voz feroz features Argentine and Uruguayan women poets published after their countries’ return to democracy in the eighties. These twenty-six poets introduced innovative, invigorating styles and established new directions in literature, providing an essential...
América invertida

An Anthology of Emerging Uruguayan Poets

América invertida introduces twenty-two Uruguayan poets under the age of forty to English-speaking audiences for the first time. Kercheval paired poets and translators to produce a rich volume based on a multicultural dialogue about poetry and the written word. América invertida presents Spanish ...
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