Heather Cleary

Heather Cleary has translated novels by Brenda Lozano, María Ospina, Betina González, Mario Bellatin, and Sergio Chejfec, among others. A member of the Cedilla & Co. translation collective and founding editor of the bilingual Buenos Aires Review, she teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.

Fiction The Ecstasy issue

The Smile

By Dahlia de la Cerda

“The border isn’t what you think, or what people say it is. The border is a ravenous monster. A bottomless pit that feeds on work, sex, drugs, and women.”