Xitlalitl Rodríguez Mendoza

Xitlalitl Rodríguez Mendoza (Guadalajara, Jalisco, 1982) is the author of several books and chapbooks of poetry, including Polvo lugar, Datsun, Poesía morosa: Prositas de amor contra el SAT, and JAWS [tiburón] (winner of the Ignacio Manuel Altamirano National Poetry Prize). She is also co-author, with Atahualpa Espinosa Magaña, of the essay collection Poesía y desempleo. She has translated several children’s and young adult books from French, most notably Tengo 14 años y no es una buena noticia by Jo Witek. She was a member of Mexico’s Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte in the discipline of poetry from 2019 to 2021. She is currently pursuing an Interinstitutional Doctorate in Art and Culture at the University of Guadalajara.