Ephemeral

A haunting chapbook of flash fiction about a man documenting the last things he sees before going blind. Both the original Spanish text by Mexican author Miguel Lupián and the English translation by Colorado Poet Laureate Joseph Hutchison are included.

"Hoy supe que me quedaría ciego...Por eso he comenzado a escribir: para enjaular las formas, encadenar los colores; evitar que los nudos torpes de mi futura ceguera dejen escapar a las imágenes.

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Today I knew I'd end up blind...This is why I'm starting to write: to cage the shapes, chain the colors; to keep the clumsy knots of my future blindness from letting the images slip away."