This volume introduces to English readers the life and work of Vida- luz Meneses (b. 1944), one of the most acclaimed poets writing in Cen- tral America and a public figure of distinction during the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua (1979-1990), when she held leadership positions in the new Ministry of Culture. Although poems from her first books appear in anthologies published around the world -Great Britain, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Re- public, and the United States- no selection in English has included more than a five-poem sampling of her work, and the...