Liliana Valenzuela is the author of Codex of Journeys: Bendito Camino (Mouthfeel Press, 2013). Her poetry has appeared in Edinburgh Review, Indiana Review, Tigertail, Huizache, Borderlands, Drunken Boat and other publications in Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and the United States. An inaugural fellow of CantoMundo and a long-time member of the Macondo Writers Workshop, Valenzuela taught at Macondo for two summers. A past guest editor of Borderlands Poetry Review, she has been a featured poet at the Austin International Poetry Festival, the IX Encuentro de Mujeres Poetas en el País de las Nubes festival, in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the Border Book Festival in Las Cruces, New Mexico, among others. Liliana Valenzuela is an award-winning poet and acclaimed Spanish translator of works by authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Denise Chavez. A transplanted Chicana from Mexico City, Valenzuela lives in Austin, Texas