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Irene Vázquez
About
Born in New Orleans, raised in Houston, & now living in Manhattan, Irene Vázquez is a queer Black Mexican American poet, translator, and journalist. Their debut chapbook, Take Me To the Water, was released by Bloof Books in 2022. By day, Irene works at Levine Querido, editing books about feisty twelve-year-olds.