Hormigas, pasiflora, y yo

Descripción

Ants, Passiflora, and Me by Lynne Shapiro, translated by Paola Senseve, is a meditation in the form of prose that explores the limits of private gardens and relationship-building within our communities. This is a dos-ados book, the second by the author published with Letra Muerta Inc.Some of the works have been included in institutional collections:  MoMA New York, The Met, The University of Toronto, The University of Ohio and RISD.

A limited edition of 200 copies was printed, hand-bound, and printed in Brooklyn, New York. 

“Only during migration is my garden fully appreciated for its seed heads, places to shelter, and the varieties of insects found under leaf and bark (…) Little do the neighbors know I harbor ants.”

Lynne Shapiro 

Poet and essayist living in Hoboken, New Jersey. She is the author of the poetry books, Gala (2022), To Set Right (2023), and Drone Poem (2023). Her poetry has also been published in over 200 journals and magazines, and she has been a writer-in-residence in six countries. She studied Comparative Literature at San Diego State and earned an MA from Brandeis University. For over a decade, Lynne worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has also been on the faculty of Parsons School of Design and Hudson County Community College in New Jersey.