Luis Chitarroni is a writer, literary critic, and editor from Buenos Aires. He is the author of five novels and books of criticism, including The No Variations: Diary of an Unfinished Novel, published by Dalkey Archive Press in 2013.
Allison deFreese has previously translated works by Luis Chitarroni, Carmen Irionda, Amado Nervo, and other Latin American writers. Her writing and literary translations have appeared in 60 magazines and journals, including: The New York Quarterly, The Indiana Review, Southwestern American Literature, Borderlands, Puerto del Sol, Many Mountains Moving, Southword (Munster Literary Centre) and Poetry Kanto (Japan).