Looking for Trouble

Roque Dalton is one of the best-known and loved poets of 20th century Latin America. An extraordinary poet of rebellion and humor, fierce and painful tenderness, his work is still read alongside guerrilla poets like Otto Ren Castillo, Javier Heraud, Cardenal, and Daisy Zamora. Dalton studied law in Chile and then at the University of San Salvador, where he helped found the Committed Generation of Poets. He was accused of being a CIA spy and murdered four days before his 40th birthday. Translated from Spanish by John Green and Michal Boncza.