writer and translator

Books

Confidences, the Bolivian poet Adela Zamudio’s classic feminist novel, available in English for the first time in June 2026

Book cover image on white background: CONFIDENCES by Adela Zamudio, translated by Laura Nagle, with an introduction by Giovanna Rivero. Central image: artist's rendering of a golden-billed saltator by Omar Custodio.

Available for pre-order now

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Songs for the Gusle, an early hoax by the not-yet-famous Prosper Mérimée, in its first complete English translation

book cover: Songs for the Gusle, Prosper Mérimée, translated by Laura Nagle. Image includes snowy mountains and rolling hills in the distance. In the foreground is the lower half of a person wearing a light blue garment and holding a small stringed instrument near a campfire.

Available in paperback and e-book formats