Galapagos, by Fátima Vélez
Translated by Hannah Kauders
From NYC-based Colombian writer Fátima Vélez comes debut novel Galapagos, following a group of bohemian artists who are dying of AIDS as they embark on a surreal final voyage through the Galapagos Islands, their bodies cloaked in the skins of the dead.
My translation of Iván Monalisa Ojeda’s Las Biuty Queens is out now! Click to order from an indie bookseller in your area.
“Drawing from his/her own experience as a trans performer, sex worker, and undocumented immigrant, Iván Monalisa Ojeda chronicles the lives of Latinx queer and trans immigrants in New York City.”
