The debut winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, presented by the National Poetry Series. “Di Donato is an ambitious, talented writer; her lush language will engage a wide and diverse audience.” — Library Journal ; One of “Thirty Amazing Poetry Titles for Spring 2014” “Revelatory, a testament to Di Donato’s ability to deconstruct the complex weavings and machinations of the human heart.” — New York Journal of Books These poems were written during days spent clearing river debris while living along the Hudson River in Manhattan. They speak of the wanderings of a nomadic subject who erases and rewrites in an imaginary landscape. The Paz Prize for Poetry is presented by the National Poetry Series and The Center @ Miami Dade College. This annual award—named in the spirit of the late Nobel Prize–winning poet, Octavio Paz—honors a previously unpublished book of poetry written originally in Spanish by an American resident. An open competition is held each May, when an esteemed Spanish-speaking poet selects a winning manuscript. The book will be published in a bilingual edition by Akashic Books. The winning poet will also receive a $500 cash prize. The translator (from Spanish to English) of Colaterales/Collateral, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, was born and raised in Puerto Rico. His poems and translations have appeared in Boston Review, DIAGRAM, Guernica, and Sidebrow . A 2011 poetry fellow from the New York Foundation for the Arts, he is the managing director at the 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center.