About Jeremy Paden

Jeremy Paden was born in Italy and raised in Central America and the Caribbean. On his mother's side, he is of Puerto Rican ancestry. And he is Scots by way of Virginia. He is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Transylvania University and a member of the Affrilachian Poets. Paden is the author of three chapbooks of poems: "ruina montium" (Broadstone Books, 2016), prison recipes (Broadstone Books, 2018), and "Broken Tulips" (Accents Publishing, 2013). His poems and translations have appeared in such publications as "Asymptote Journal," "Beloit Poetry Journal," "California Quarterly," "Cincinnati Review," "The Cortland Review," "The Louisville Review," "Rattle, and "Words without Borders," among others.

14 02, 2019

Love Poems Paired with Culinary Delights (A Valentine’s Day Menu): Part III, Jeremy Paden

By Jeremy Paden|2019-02-14T12:50:07-04:00February 14th, 2019|Publisher's Picks, Southern Voices|0 Comments

Below are three love poems, two classic love poems by two of the most famous Renaissance poets, Francisco de Quevedo (1580–1645), "Amor constante más allá de la muerte" and Garcilaso de la Vega (1501-1536), Soneto V—both selections are presented in

15 10, 2018

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Selected works by Jeremy Paden

By Jeremy Paden|2018-10-15T18:14:14-04:00October 15th, 2018|National Hispanic Heritage Month, Southern Voices|0 Comments

In recognition of 2018 National Hispanic Heritage Month we are pleased to share with our readers selected and diverse works by Jeremy Paden: a poem, an essay, and a book review. * Thank you, Jeremy for enlightening

17 08, 2018

Immigrant Nation: On Recuerdos de Nuestro Pasado and the need to tell the stories of our newest citizens

By Jeremy Paden|2018-08-17T12:03:39-04:00August 17th, 2018|Publisher's Picks: Book Reviews|0 Comments

by Jeremy Paden Much of the rhetoric coming out of the White House regarding the crisis at our border dehumanizes the people who have trekked countless miles through violent and godforsaken lands to come to the United States. Their

15 10, 2017

“How to Peel an Orange,” by Jeremy Paden

By Jeremy Paden|2017-10-15T11:29:53-04:00October 15th, 2017|National Hispanic Heritage Month, Southern Voices|0 Comments

How to Peel an Orange by Jeremy Paden My Puerto Rican grandmother had a contraption a peeler a clamp that held the orange in place with rods an axis on which the orb turned while a blade etched a

6 10, 2017

“On Borders and Neighbors and the American Dream,” by Jeremy Paden

By Jeremy Paden|2017-10-06T14:07:13-04:00October 6th, 2017|National Hispanic Heritage Month, Southern Voices|0 Comments

In March of this year, once the sun began to shine again and warm the earth, a neighbor with whom I chat—in the way you chat with those with whom you share a fence—told me he’d been sleeping very