Ants,
Passiflora,
and Me.

Hormigas, pasiflora, y yo de Lynne Shapiro.
Traducción de Paola Senseve.

This is a dos-à-dos book with flexible covers and Asahi cloth spines. Each side contains a language. The chromatic palette comes from the colors of the passiflora flower in full bloom. Elements across the envelopes represent ant eggs and other natural elements referenced by the author. The details of the cover might seem antagonistic, between the looseness of the stroke in the graphic and the indentation of the machine-produced hot-stamping.

Printed In Brooklyn, New York, at Letra Muerta Inc. Hand-bound by Elizabeth Castaldo. Envelopes sewn by Chuqiao “Chloe” Li.

The lettering and drawings were recreated from the author’s family archives. New titles and graphic elements were fashioned from fragments of letters and strokes, creating contrast and a sense of nostalgia in the context of the other fonts used: Sedgwick by Leinster Type for display, and Milligram by Zetafonts for body text)

Shapiro highlights a convergence of hosts and migrations, illuminating the vital symbiotic relationships that the community requires. Buy a copy in our shop.

Lynne Shapiro is a 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). 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.