Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes
Autor Jazmina Barrera Traducere de Christina Macsweeneyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 noi 2023
An intimate exploration of motherhood, Linea Nigra approaches the worries and joys of childbearing from a diverse range of inspirations and traditions, from Louise Bourgeois to Ursula K. Le Guin to the indigenous Nahua model Luz Jiménez. Part memoir and part manifesto, Barrera's singular insights, delivered in candid prose, clarify motherhood while also cherishing the mysteries of the body.
Writing through her first pregnancy, birthing, breastfeeding, and young motherhood, Barrera embraces the subject fully, making lucid connections between maternity, earthquakes, lunar eclipses, and creative labor. Inspired by the author's own mother's painting practice, Linea Nigra concludes with an impassioned call: childbearing is art, and art is childbearing.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781949641585
ISBN-10: 1949641589
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 129 x 202 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Two Lines Press
ISBN-10: 1949641589
Pagini: 184
Dimensiuni: 129 x 202 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Two Lines Press
Notă biografică
Jazmina Barrera was born in Mexico City in 1988. She was a fellow at the Foundation for Mexican Letters. Her book of essays Cuerpo extraño (Foreign Body) was awarded the Latin American Voices prize from Literal Publishing in 2013. In 2020, Two Lines Press published her On Lighthouses in a translation from Christina MacSweeney. She has also published work in various print and digital media, such as Nexos, Este País, Dossier, Vice, El Malpensante, Letras Libres and Tierra Adentro. She has a Master's Degree in Creative Writing in Spanish from New York University, which she completed with the support of a Fulbright grant. She was a grantee of the Young Creators program at FONCA. She is editor and co-founder of Ediciones Antílope. She lives in Mexico City.