"The Witches of Tepoztln (And Other Operas)" is a compilation of four dissimilar and dark operas, written by equally dark composers whose fiction or reality never completely is confirmed by the author. The book invites the reader to reflect about the... [More...]

In this charming English/Spanish story, a toddler encounters the fall leaves for the first time, and starts giving them away to people, helping adults rediscover the beauty of autumn.

In the summer of 2006, artist Pablo Helguera drove from Alaska to Chile as part of an art project, and this edition remains the most personal account of his four-month journey. The collection of collages made out of images and texts of education manuals and... [More...]

THE WITCHES OF TEPOZTLN (AND OTHER UNPUBLISHED OPERAS) describes the cases of four different and rather obscure operas written by equally obscure composers whose existence, whether fictitious or real, is never confirmed by the author. By intertwining these... [More...]

Of this Spanish edition, Achy Obejas, author of "Days of Awe," says "The writing of Helguera reveals something really wonderful between its anxieties of youth, their crude ambitions, their sentimentality and its existential anguish on the art and its meaning.

"Helguera has produced a highly readable book that absolutely needs to be in the back pocket of anyone interested in teaching or learning about socially engaged art"—Tom Finkelpearl, Director of the Queens Museum, New York, and author of "Dialogues in... [More...]

"The balancing act between flippancy and gravity is neither easy to achieve nor to sustain, yet Helguera manages it with ease."—"Art Review."

"While Helguera writes in a manner that suggests parody, he is simultaneously deadly serious and entirely accurate... [he] astutely observes the politics of culture and its effects on society, what it means to us and how we are taught to appreciate... [More...]

In this Spanish edition, artist Olmeco Beuys lives in the eternal but futile search for recognition, scholarships, and exhibitions while being ignored by the social environment of galleries, curators, artists, and collectors.