Scattered selections from Kristin Dykstra’s varied works across fields: creative writing, literary translation, commentaries, reviews, scholarship, interviews.
June 2025: What Sparks Poetry Feature essay, “Other Arts” category.
When poetry & photography meet.
Magazines: English
2023
“Gunpowder,” translation of a poem by Jesús Cos Causse, in Guernica.
2022
“Cabo Rouge / Kabiosile,” translation of a poetic text by Soleida Ríos, in Asymptote.
Three poems by Jesús Cos Causse, in Asymptote.
2021
Three poems by Reina María Rodríguez, at The Common.
Two original poems in Clade Song.
Other Than the Usual Classifications
Poetry Daily, 6/2/2025: Poem and photo from Dissonance published at this online anthology.
“Intermedium.” 2015 commentary series on literary translation for Jacket2 magazine. Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania.
Dossiers
2021
Dossier on Reina María Rodríguez for Latin American Literature Today 18. Introduction and eight poems in translation by Kristin Dykstra, with an essay by Elena Lahr-Vivaz and an interview by Eilyn Lombard.
2018
Out of Alamar: A dossier on Juan Carlos Flores for Chicago Review (guest editor Kristin Dykstra), issue 61.03/04.
Revistas: Español
2023
2022
Poemas con traducciones de Tina Escaja. Distropika.
2021
“Ensenada” (Inlet). Ensayo publicado en Rialta. Traducción de Kristin Dykstra y Juan Manuel Tabío.
Tres poemas en El Nieuwe Acá, traducción de Tina Escaja.
Reviews of work by others
2022
“Do You Hearest?” Review of Ova completa, by Susana Thénon, tr. Rebekah Smith. In The Rumpus.
Review of Watchword (Santo y seña) from Wesleyan UP, at BOMB. 2012.
Interviews
Phoenix Poets Interview, University of Chicago Press
“The Translator Relay: Kristin Dykstra.” Words Without Borders.
“Why Cuban Poetry? A Q&A with Kristin Dykstra” for the University of Alabama Press.
Interviews of Others
Interview of Marcelo Morales, with his photographs, at BOMB. 2017.
Interview of Daniel Borzutzky at BOMB. 2011.
Scholarly
Chapter 28: Cuba’s Poetic Imaginary (1959-1989) in The Cambridge History of Cuban Literature.
“Cinquains for Survival: On Urayoán Noel’s Transversal,” at Chicago Review .
Reviews of Kristin Dykstra’s Writing/Translations
Book review of Cubanology, in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas 52
See also links to book reviews in pages for Dissonance, The Lady of Elche, The Winter Garden Photograph, Materia Prima