Lemonade: A Paranormal Investigation

Catalina Vargas Tovar

Translated by Juliana Borrero

POETRY, TRANSLATION  |  $14

November 2024
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as an empirical detective of nothingness

having renounced fragmentation

i hereby announce

 

in the face of nothingness

choreographies

 

in the face of nothingness

a funnel factory

 

in the face of nothingness

a handbook for exorcists

Sometimes poetry is an invitation to levitate. And from new perspectives to listen to the landscape that surrounds us, its claims, its promises, its charms. Lemonade: A Paranormal Investigation dives deep into the entrails of mountains, embodies the softness of shadows, intends to think from the darkness like seeds, and hopes to learn to see before language.

About the Author

Catalina Vargas Tovar is a philosopher and poet that develops her research through editorial projects, delving into different aspects in book production such as collaborative work, the materiality of writing and the book as a space for experimentation. Her independent publishing project Cajón de sastre reflects many of her findings. The question of how ecology and different local cultures affect our ways of learning comes from her long standing collaboration with the NGO Tropenbos Colombia. Among her recent publications are Piscinas ( La Trenza), La fauna enamorada (Matera) Limonada, una investigación paranormal (Cajón de sastre) La selva de noche (Barcú) and Crimen en la isla esponja (Cajón de sastre).

About the Translator

Juliana Borrero is a translator, writer, and performer. She is the translator of Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, and Dylan Thomas for Panamericana Editorial, as well as the book of erotic poetry Aureole by Carole Maso, published by Cajón de sastre, and the recipient of a grant from the Banff International Literary Translation Center, at Banff Center of the Arts. Borrero is the author of the performative book Las Extraterrestres published by Cajón de sastre. Her interests span between writing from the body, women’s writing and its translation, performance art and expanded literature. She is a teacher at the Literature Masters program at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. 

Publication Details

ISBN: 978-1-946604-32-3
Chapbook
Saddle-stitched. 48 pp, 5.25 x 8.25 in
Publication Date: November 15 2024
Distribution: Asterism Books (US)
Series: Señal #24