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  • New World Babylon Remix (Honduran punta*)
  • Sheila Maldonado (bio)

What I heard: Ey Ibanessa Núgule bana Dime si punta Púlapa mama Nupula cumútisa mama África púmasi púrritu mama Dasi pama yúculi pama Ibane nipúmadi mama Nuguli cumútisa fuidu Acha What I made up: En Juticalpa Comayagua Tegucigalpa Colomoncagua de banana república fama África Arawak Caribe llama así, de la costa de drama conquistador no calló el idioma del tambor con la lengua en la palma ahí está [End Page 66] What what I made up means: In Juticalpa Comayagua Tegucigalpa Colomoncagua of banana republic fame Africa Arawak Caribbean calls like this, from the coast of drama conqueror didn't quiet the language of the drum with its tongue in the palm there it is

Sheila Maldonado

Sheila Maldonado was born and raised in Brooklyn. Her family hails from Honduras. She received a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the City College of New York, where she was awarded the Jack Zucker and the Raymond Patterson Poetry Prizes. She currently divides her time between Washington Heights and Coney Island.

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