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Back in print! How to Prepare Yourself for the Collapse of the Industrial Publishing System

Glad to see the cyclical life of this co-translation

How to Prepare Yourself for the Collapse of the Industrial Publishing System by Eric Schierloh is officially back in print and available now.

Independent production featuring:

• Covers: High-contrast black and gray Risograph ink on sturdy white cardstock.

• Interior: Printed on tactile gray paper.

• Limited Run: This edition is limited to 227 copies.

Eric Schierloh’s philosophy centers on the "bibliographic self-management" movement. Vamos hacia small-scale, hand-made, and the sustainable. For organizers, writers, a zine-makers, and homemakers alike; fight against the homogenization of culture, this text is an inspirational talisman for any workbench, kitchen counter, or home library for reimagining the tools for life and a vocation outside the traditional corporate machine.

Order here: https://halfletterpress.com/how-to-prepare/

Support independent publishing! Build your own press! Prepare for the collapse! 

 

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Edición aniversario Reverso - live music - poetry - translation

 

REVERSO | CICLO
Poesía, música y ficción atravesadas por la traducción

Estoy contento en participar en el ciclo Reverso del querido amigo y artista Tomás Zambonini quien organiza y gestiona el ciclo. Para este aniversario me pidió cuadernos para entregar a lxs participantes y para incluir con la compra de una entrada.

Another translation for Matambre Mag: The Monster & the Canela

Read the full piece by Federico Levin Matambre Mag.  Thanks to Kevin Vaughn, once again, for the invitation to translate not only interesting stories but also unique writers from Argentina.

Introduction of the story below:

The Monster and the Canela by Federico Levin

"Two guys converse one afternoon in October 2010 at a farm in San Rafael, Mendoza. One is younger, skinny, and curly-haired, with a somewhat urban look: Santiago Salgado. The other guy, José Antonio, is an older man who looks like he has lived his entire life in this precise spot. They spend a good while standing around drinking mate. They sit down and share some wine. Zunilda comes over and brings some homemade bread, cheese, and olives to go with it. 

At dusk, a strong wind picks up. Along with the sound of the swirling leaves and the peremptory threat of a day that may suddenly come to an end, the breeze brings Santiago something unexpected, a smell that quickly turns into an aroma: it smells like cinnamon. It smells green, to the tone of the slightly psychedelic hue of vine blossom, and, surprisingly, like canela, which translates to cinnamon. First, Santiago doubts his nose, despite its usual faithfulness, after all, it is his main detective tool. Is it or isn’t it? He looks at the vineyard and does the math: Syrah, Torrontés, Malbec. No, it can’t be. Until his look averts and finds, not in the vineyard but next to José Antonio’s house, two stray vine rows. That’s where the smell is coming from. 

He feels a euphoria erupt that is hard to put into words, impossible to understand for someone who does not know its history. The smell is not that of cinnamon sticks, the ones that are boiled to make tea, prepared with curry, or sprinkled onto the foam of coffee to make a cappuccino in the big cities. No. It is the canela grape that releases that subtle breath during its flowering. 

Is it?

We still don’t know. But to understand the enormity of this moment, the profoundness of this question, in order to switch on our curiosity, we must first know Santiago’s story. And that of the Canela grape."

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Field Recording | Live music @ Bosque-Alegre: Talharpa & Charango (feat. Dan Beauregard)

The Bosque-alegre | happy forest Recordings

Yellow-Bellied Bird | Yellow-Bellied Bird (mp3)

Murmurations | Murmurations (mp3)

Daniel Beauregard on Talharpa
paul holzman on Charango 

Translation for Matambre Mag: Overlooked modernism and empanadas in the middle of Downtown

If you plan to travel to Argentina and want a deep dive into the food and all that entails, you must contact Kevin Vaughn. For your pre-trip prep you can read his zine Matambre, and then while you are in Buenos Aires have him introduce you to the food and the people connected to it by booking his professional, no bull-shit, fringe tours at Devour Buenos Aires. 

Kevin graciously asked me to translate a guest piece for Matambre written by Nadin Petrone about Galería Boston. Buenos Aires is full of Galerías and I am obsessed with walking through them. So this piece was a joy to translate and to learn more about one of the most frequented (for empanadas) yet overlooked architectural oddities and beauties of Buenos Aires. Nadin Petrone's photography is another must for anyone interested in Buenos Aires, check her IG, and read my translation of the piece on empanadas and the eclectic Galería Boston over at Matambre Mag. 

Overlooked modernism and empanadas in the middle of Downtown

"My go-to place on Florida Street is the Galería Boston. As in many other old commercial galleries nearby, time stopped over 50 years ago. Some entrances are camouflaged among the more flashy windows of neighboring stores, leaving these large spaces forgotten, which penetrate the blocks and used to be populated by various stores. Just in the kilometer that the pedestrian street covers, there are 17 galleries and many more in the surrounding streets. 

Just a few meters away, nearly right across the street, is the undisputed star of the block: the famous Galería Güemes, which astounds with its Art Nouveau style and its marble and bronze from the beginning of the twentieth century. In addition to its purely architectural attraction, it has the added flavor of a picturesque and somewhat improbable anecdote: it was the home of the writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and his pet, a seal pup that lived in the bathtub of his apartment.

In contrast, the Galería Boston, with its more modest charms, has yet to be discovered by many. Almost all of the interchangeable characters on the grooved letter-board at the entrance have fallen off. This board once displayed the stores' names on each of its three levels. Today, most of them have been vacant for years and nothing seems very inviting to passers-by.

It was inaugurated in the early 1960s, and its most valuable attribute, consisting of three large murals with figures in low relief, goes unnoticed. The author is a multifaceted Argentine artist named Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó, known as "Carybé," a nickname he picked up in Brazil, where he was more prolific and recognized than in his homeland. 

As an analogy with the DNA of the City of Buenos Aires, "La Güemes," reminiscent of European constructions, coexists with "La Boston," which, despite its Saxon name and its modern architecture, celebrates the Latin American essence on its walls.

Despite its artistic heritage, many visit the Galería Boston for some highly praised empanadas made using a recipe from the province of Catamarca. La Cocina is located on the central floor and has long ceased to be an open secret among workers in the area, thanks in part to the renewed boom of vintage bars and cafés on social media. "

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Reverso - Live Music - 4 songs -

paul holzman - voz guitarra

dan beauregard - contrabajo