Yaccaira Salvatierra’s debut poetry collection, Sons of Salt, is forthcoming from BOA Editions in September. Her poems have appeared in The Nation, AGNI, Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Rattle, and elsewhere. She is an organizer of the San Francisco International Flor y Canto Literary Festival and is currently translating Estancias de Emilia Tangoa, a poetry collection by Peruvian poet Ana Varela Tafur. She lives in Oakland, California, where she works as an educator. (updated 4/2024)