Rough SongBlanca Varela (trans. Carlos Lara) It's hard to believe that the books of Blanca Varela (1926 2009), considered one of Perus greatest poets, as well as the first woman to win the Federico Garca Lorca International Poetry Prize, have not been translated into English until now. Originally published in Spanish in 1978, this new publication of Rough Song, translated by Carlos Lara, heralds the long overdue introduction of a major Latin American poet to