{"title":"Isabel Zapata","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"in-vitro","title":"In Vitro: On Longing and Transformation","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn essay by Isabel Zapata, trans. by Robin Myers\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMay 9, 2023 • 5 x 7.5 • 160 pages • 978-1-56689-675-7\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA meditation on in vitro fertilization that expands and complicates the stories we tell about pregnancy.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedical interventions become an exercise in patience, desire, and delirium in this intimate account of bodily transformation and disruption. In candid, graceful prose, Isabel Zapata gives voice to the strangeness and complexities of conception and motherhood that are rarely discussed publicly. Zapata frankly addresses the misogyny she experienced during fertility treatments, explores the force of grief in imagining possible futures, and confronts the societal expectations around maternity. In the tradition of Rivka Galchen’s \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLittle Labors \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand Sarah Manguso’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOngoingness,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn Vitro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e draws from diary and essay forms to create a new kind of literary companion and open up space for nuanced conversations about pregnancy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIsabel Zapata is a Mexico City–born writer and editor. She is the author of the poetry book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Una ballena es un país \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand the bilingual essay collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAlberca vacía \/ Empty Pool \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(trans. Robin Myers). Recent work has appeared in English translation in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWorld Literature Today, Waxwing, The Common, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. She is a cofounder and publisher at Ediciones Antílope. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRobin Myers is a Mexico City–based poet and translator. Her translations include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCopy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eby Dolores Dorantes (Wave Books), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Dream of Every Cell \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eby Maricela Guerrero (Cardboard House Press), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Book of Explanations \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eby Tedi López Mills (Deep Vellum Publishing), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCars on Fire \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eby Mónica Ramón Ríos\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(Open Letter Books), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Restless Dead \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eby Cristina Rivera Garza (Vanderbilt University Press).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eIn Vitro\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript src=\"https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.7.1\/jquery.min.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cscript src=\"http:\/\/tester3.yolasite.com\/resources\/javascript\/jtruncate.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n\/\/ Settings for script \n$(document).ready(function() { \n$('.text').jTruncate({ \nlength: 1000, \/* The number of characters to display before truncating. *\/ \n\nminTrail: 0, \/* The minimum number of \"extra\" characters required to truncate. 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The book feels like both an essay and a diary and each entry is crushingly intimate and honest. . . . I found myself enthralled by the brevity and intensity of the writing and the white space on each page that speaks to longing and possibility.”\u003c\/span\u003e —Pierce Alquist,\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Book Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA resolute account of a personal metamorphosis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Vitro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e alchemizes tender experiences into enchanting vignettes.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Rebecca Foster, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForeword Reviews, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e“This lyrical meditation by Mexican poet Zapata reflects on the life-changing power of pregnancy and motherhood. . . . With poetic prose, sensitively translated by Myers, Zapata’s sometimes surprising perspective offers a fresh take on the pregnancy memoir. Elegant and sharp, this is worth seeking out.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"screenreader-hidden-offscreen\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e“In this essay-like collection, Zapata examines in vitro fertilization and the narratives that drive societal expectations and pressures in conception and pregnancy. Unveiling a nuanced view of motherhood and fertility treatment, \u003cem\u003eIn Vitro\u003c\/em\u003e will illuminate aspects of pregnancy not often discussed.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Lupita Aquino, \u003cem\u003eTODAY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“From its first sentences, I was riveted to \u003cem\u003eIn Vitro\u003c\/em\u003e. Isabel Zapata has an effortlessly engaging style, at once casual and thrillingly deep. Her skill at playing with language, chronology, and genre will leave her readers feeling spellbound, affirmed, and, most of all, free. This is a profoundly liberatory book.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Emily Gould\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“Isabel Zapata has created an elegant and brave poetics of the body. This is transformative literature that gives birth to a new language capable of expanding what it means to mother a child, or an idea, or a society.”\u003cstrong\u003e —Terry Tempest Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Isabel Zapata\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Isabel Zapata writes with a fluidity that can only come from wisdom. Sometimes it feels like we’re listening to her speak more than reading her on the page; it even feels like we can speak back.” \u003cb\u003e—Alejandro Zambra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHPbeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43701153562866,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1475\/9808\/products\/9781566896757.jpg?v=1664489379"}],"url":"https:\/\/coffeehousepress.org\/collections\/isabel-zapata.oembed","provider":"Coffee House Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}