
Margaret Randall

“Then I saw what the calling was :

it was the road I traveled”

- Muriel Rukeyser

My life and work have been profoundly informed by parents who gave me love and adventure, and encouraged creativity; the dramatic desert canyons, rich colors and open skies of the southwestern United States; Socialist ideals; the second wave of feminism; and the generous mentorship of many great friends and colleagues. My children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are always with me, even when far away; and my spouse Barbara is bedrock. New York’s abstract expressionist painters in the 1950s, Mexico and her struggles of the 1960s, the Cuban revolution’s second brave decade in the 1970s, the Vietnamese people’s struggle against US attack and occupation in that same decade, and the Sandinista attempt to change Nicaragua in the early 1980s were places and events that shaped me. The exploration of ancient sites continues to be a source of nourishment, and I have long been involved with oral tradition. I deeply believe in humanistic values, combating our culture of violence and greed, and art as a tool for change. I invite you to enter my website, learn about my books, read my poetry and look at my photographic images.

El Corno Emplumado 20

El Corno #20 continued our interest in European poetry with an anthology of nine Dutch and Flemish poets, among them Remco Campert, Hans Warren, Phia Baruch, Ellen Warmond, and Fritz de Blauw.
The issue also includes work by William Agudelo, Gino Clays, Rudolf Baranik, Raquel Jodorowsky, Paul Blackburn, and Larry Eigner. Betelu, Juan Soriano, Elaine de Kooning, Raphael Soyer, Philip Guston, and Felipe Ehrenberg are among the visual artists in the issue. Letters come from Ernesto Cardenal, (...)

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Las altas horas / The Late Hours
1 January, by Margaret Randall
La ley de los volcanes
1 January, by Margaret Randall

These are excellent Spanish translations of three books of poetry by Adrienne Rich. I wrote the introduction, which ventures into uncharted territory with regard to long-held admiration for Pablo Neruda’s 20 Poems of Love and One of Desperation.
Lupe’s Dream and Other Stories
1 January, by Margaret Randall

During the 20190-2021 COVID pandemic, I suddenly found myself writing short stories, something I had done before only very occasionally. This is a collection of 23, all loosely linked by altered concepts of space and time.
Estrellas de mar sobre una playa: Los poemas de la pandemia
1 January, by Margaret Randall

Sandra Toro translated my pandemic poems, and Abisinia Press in Buenos Aires and Escarabajo Publishers in Bogotá produced this beautiful bilingual co-edition, with drawings by Barbara Byers.
Starfish on a Beach: The Pandemic Poems
1 January, by Margaret Randall

As the COVID pandemic gripped the world, I found myself writing poems addressing some of the feelings and experiences it engendered. I posted some on Facebook, and there was an immediate response, which prompted me to keep going. Soon I had a book-length collection.