Dr. Juana Ramos has released her latest poetry collection, titled *Sunny intenta amansar una herida/Sunny tenta apaziguar uma ferida* (English translation: *Sunny Tries to Tame a Wound*), published by Ediciones El Pez Soluble in San Salvador, El Salvador, in September 2025. The collection is notable for being bilingual, featuring both Spanish and Portuguese translations, done by the acclaimed Brazilian poet and translator Floriano Martins.
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Costa Rican poet and editor Melvyn Aguilar praised the work, stating that it reflects Ramos’s contemplation of existence and its consequences, aiming to address the pain of the human experience. He emphasized the tension of being and the heartfelt nature of her poems, resonating with familiar voices and archetypes.
Ramos, who serves as an associate professor and Spanish coordinator in the Department of World Languages, Literature and Humanities at York, described the book as a journey into the complexities of human experience. She encourages readers to reflect on their actions and decisions while acknowledging their place in the broader cosmos. The collection also pays homage to the holistic perspective of the human body found in traditional Chinese medicine.
For readers interested in English or Greek, a trilingual version (Spanish-Greek-English) of the collection was published in the Greek online journal Polimnia, Ars Poetica, in August 2025, translated by Greek poet Stelios Karayanis.