ire'ne lara silva is the author of three poetry collections, furia, Blood Sugar Canto, andCUICACALLI/House of Song, an e-chapbook, Enduring Azucares, and a short storycollection, flesh to bone, which won the Premio Aztlán. She and poet Dan Vera are alsothe co-editors of Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands, a collection ofpoetry and essays. ire'ne is the recipient of a 2017 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant, thefinal recipient of the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award, and was the Fiction Finalist forAROHO's 2013 Gift of Freedom Award. Most recently, ire'ne was awarded the 2021Texas Institute of Letters Shrake Award for Best Short Nonfiction. ire'ne is currentlyworking on her first novel, Naci, and a second collection of short stories titled, the lightof your body.