Jeremy Paden is a poet, translator, and literary scholar. A professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, he teaches also in the low-residency program at Spalding. He is the author of several collections of poetry and translation, including world as sacred burning heart (3: A Taos Press, 2021) and Imágenes del mundo flotante (Alcorce Ediciones, 2024). His Spanish language translation of Ada Limón’s Hurting Kind, De las que duelen, was recently published in Spain with Valparaíso Ediciones and his English language translation of Mario Meléndez’s Esperando a Perec, Waiting for Perec will soon appear with Action/Spectacle. You can find him at: https://jpaden4.wixsite.com/jeremypadenpoet