Following their previous launch at the Correntes d'Escritas 2024 festival, the Loja das Curtas bookshop is presenting the editions of Polaroide, by Miguel Marques, and Chumbo (Lead), by Ricardo Marques, in an initiative organised in conjunction with Cabe Cave - Cultural Association.

This event will be accompanied by a conversation between João Pedro Azul, founding member of Cabe Cave and editorial coordinator of Flan de Tal, and the authors Miguel Marques and Ricardo Marques.

Polaroide, by Miguel Marques

Edições Húmus

Colection 12catorzebold

2024

Synopsis

Since poetry is devoid of any meaning and should not be justified, why not say that this book - by someone who is not a poet - aims to create a reality drawn from photographic memories? The book will speak for itself, wanting to make sense. It is constructed not by creating images, but from images that parade around, being shown to the unsuspecting reader.

Chumbo (Lead), by Ricardo Marques

Editor Flan de Tal
Colection elemeNtário
2024

Synopsis

"Chumbo" is an essay in verse focussed on 1959, a year of multiple changes in the world's geopolitical context and in the paradigms of artistic creation. On the other hand, it is also a book about all the years of human existence on the planet. Of an intertextual nature, Chumbo is perhaps not a light book, although it is contaminated with a certain amount of humour, between satire and dysphoria. Lead, being one of the densest materials, is perhaps the only element that can carry the weight of human memory.