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Mary Hawley is a fiction writer, poet, and literary translator. Her short stories, poems, and translations of poetry and prose have been widely published, and she has received an Illinois Literary Award in fiction. She is the author of a poetry collection, Double Tongues, and co-translator of the bilingual poetry anthology Astillas de luz/Shards of Light, both published by Tia Chucha Press. Her translation of Sergio Altesor Licandro's Cuadernos de dibujo (1978-1993) was published in 2022. She's active in Chicago's literary community and is a volunteer interpreter for the National Immigrant Justice Center. Mary grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, came of age in Lima and Mexico City, and currently resides in Evanston, Illinois.