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Will Vanderhyden

Will Vanderhyden is a freelance translator of Spanish and Latin American literature. He has received fellowships from the NEA and Lannan foundations. His translation of Rodrigo Fresán’s The Invented Part won the 2018 Best Translated Book Award for fiction.

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Fiction | Issue 155 padlock
Fiction | Issue 155 padlock

The Color of Balloons

Dainerys Machado Vento

‘None of these people give a shit that a flock of birds is going to choke to death on those balloons, be they pink or blue.’

Fiction by Dainerys Machado Vento, translated by Will Vanderhyden.

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