The Confessions

Fabián O. Iriarte
Natalia Novia (Illustrator)
Lawrence Schimel (Translator)

Pub Date:10/3/2023
Publisher: Entre Rios Books
Product Number:9780960045754
ISBN978-0-9600457-5-4
SKU #: E02C

Binding:PAPERBACK
Pages:176
Weight0 lbs.11 oz.
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First full-length English translation of queer Argentinian poet, Fabián O. Iriarte.

Written largely after the death of his mother, Argentinian poet Fabián O. Iriarte’s poems in THE CONFESSIONS are often elegiac and grieving as he struggles to give meaning to the newly missing. However, this is not a book focused exclusively on loss but a broader collection on how one creates a life as a gay man artistically— a poet deep in conversation with other poets, artists, and, ultimately, the art of poetry. For the North American reader new to Iriarte’s work, there are poems very much rooted in his home of Mar del Plata — its slang and culture — but they may be surprised by the globalization of queer culture found in his references, puns, and wordplay. There is nothing neutered or neutral — “but desire is always infinite, / it isn’t content with metaphors, drawings, always / desire persists.”

Translated by award-winning translator and author Lawrence Schimel and presented with the illustrations of zine artist Natalia Novia of Buenos Aires, THE CONFESSIONS is the first full-length English translation of this singular voice of contemporary Argentinian poetry.

Poetry. Latinx Studies. LGBTQ+ Studies.

Author Bio

Lawrence Schimel writes in both Spanish and English and has published over 130 books in many different genres- including fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and comics-for both children and adults. His books have won the Lambda Literary Award (twice), the Crystal Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, a White Raven from the International Youth Library in Munich, and other honors. His writings have been translated into over sixty languages, including Icelandic, Maltese, Farsi, Kurdish, Basque, German, and Japanese. In addition to his own writing, he is also a prolific literary translator of over 150 books in many different genres. Into Spanish, he has translated works such as the graphic novel They Called Us Enemy by George Takei (Top Shelf, 2019), the poetry collections Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith (Arrebato, 2017), and Collective Amnesia by Koleka Putuma (with Arrate Hidalgo, Flores Raras, 2017), and the essays The Art of Cruelty (2012) and Bluets (2009) both by Maggie Nelson (Tres Puntos). Recent poetry book translations into English include: DESTRUCTION OF THE LOVER BY LUIS PANINI (Pleiades Press, 2019), BOMARZO by Elsa Cross (Shearsman, 2019), Impure Acts by Ángelo Néstore (Indolent Books, 2017, finalist for the Thom Gunn Award), I Offer My Heart as a Target by Johanny V´zquez Paz (Akashic, 2019, winner of the Paz Prize), and Hatchet by Carmen Boullosa (White Pine, 2020, winner of the Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation).

Author City: MADRID SPA

Fabián O. Iriarte is a queer poet from Argentina. He was born in Laprida, in the province of Buenos Aires. Since 1979 he has lived in Mar del Plata. He holds a Ph.D. in Humanities from the University of Texas (1999). He teaches English, American, and Comparative literature at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, where he is also the co-director of the research groups "Problemas de la Literatura Comparada" and "Cultura y Política en Argentina" (Centro de Letras Hispanoamericanas). He is an editor of the online review Cuarenta Naipes. His poetry awards include Baltasara Editora (2017), Lobo de Mar (2015), Casa Museo Olga Orozco (2013), Osvaldo Soriano (2006), and Alfonsina (2004). He was a guest poet at the 19th Festival Internacional de Poesía de Rosario in September 2011.

His poetry collections include Con sutiles artimañas (El Jardín de las Deli- cias, 2023), El método del discurso (Tren Instantáneo, 2022), Entre los juncos y la baja tarde (CEPES Ediciones, 2022), Pocas probabilidades de lluvia (El Jardín de las Delicias, 2021), Al comienzo era sólo un murmullo (EUDEM / Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 2017), Sópola temprar (Baltasara Editora, 2017), Las causas del desconcierto (Zindo & Gafuri, 2016), El punto suspensivo (Letra Sudaca, 2014), Litmus Test (UNL, 2013), La Caja P (Ediciones del Dock, 2012), Las confesiones (Huesos de Jibia, 2012), Cuentas por saldar (Ediciones en Danza, 2010), Devoción por el azar (Bajo la Luna, 2010), La mudanza (Gogol, 2009), and La intemperie sin fin (Melusina, 2001).

Author City: Mar Del Plata ARG

Natalia Novia is a comic and zine artist, animation producer, and creature of strange habits living in Buenos Aires, where she was born. "I am a Pisces and a Fire Dragon. I am sometimes a demon, other times a zombie, and yet other times a vampire. I love diversity and innovative storytelling." Her first graphic novel, L'ORGANISME, was published in France by Éditions Insula in 2018. She is working on a new graphic memoir, Beautiful and Bestial. She was a featured international guest at the Short Run Comic and Zine Festival in Seattle, Washington, in 2022. Her work has also been featured in group exhibitions, such as: Nosotras contamos. Un recorrido por la obra de autoras de Historieta y Humor Gr´fico de ayer y de hoy (Redacción Abier- ta LatFem, 2019); Planches de Salut. BD Argentine Alternative (Maison de l'Argentine, Cité Universitaire de París, 2018); A Flor de Piel, mujeres acá y ahora (Centro Cultural Recoleta, 2018); "Fanzine a la Carta" Chicks On Comics (Fundación Proa, 2017); Elsa Bornemann Ilustrada(Bibliote- ca del Congreso de la Nación, 2014). As an animation producer since 2003, her work has appeared in full-feature, television, and advertising projects throughout Latin America.

Author City: Buenos Aires ARG