Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes Caribbean & Latin American Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

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Tormented by her mother's presence and haunted by her absence

and climate chaos while offering alternate paradigms to religion

childhood friends now college aged

Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes Caribbean & Latin American Allen Ginsberg"Eminently worthy of acclaim." Vogue (The Best Books of 2022 So Far) An intimate exploration of motherhood, Linea Nigra approaches the worries and joys of childbearing from a diverse range of inspirations and traditions, from Louise Bourgeois to Ursula K. Le Guin to the indigenous Nahua model Luz Jimnez. Part memoir and part manifesto, Barrera's singular insights, delivered in candid prose, clarify motherhood while also cherishing the mysteries of the