Allison deFreese is president of the Oregon Society of Translators and Interpreters (OSTI). She has previously translated work by other Yucatecan poets and writers including Karla Marrufo, Janil Uc Tun, and José Castillo Baeza.

TRANSLATION

Instructions for Killing a Chicken

By NIDIA CUAN

Translated from Spanish by Allison deFreese