Sara J. Trigueros presents her first poetry collection in Alicante

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Sara J. Trigueros He is a bookseller, a graduate of Hispanic Philology, a member of the Letras de Contestania collective and now debut in literature With the publication of his first poetry collection, arkhe, by Candaya publishing house. “The Jevi Bookstore of 80 Worlds”, which is jokingly presented on the back cover of the book, talk to the public this saturday about his first poems In the bookstore he runs in Alicante (80 Worlds) at 18:30with Martha Cabrerafrom the University of Alicante.

Sara J. Trigueros (Alicante, 1988) commented on this collection of poems, whose title refers to the Greek term origin of everything, “I’ve always written poetry, not much, and never in a common line like now.” “There are poems a journey through some personal experiences with mental health and the title describes the beginning of the healing process or this experience and put an end to thisStating that he wrote his poems in over a year and a half and finished them about six months ago, the author explains as follows: “Writing was much more difficult than publishing”Emphasizing that she is happy to be behind the Candaya publishing house, she said, “Lucky for me – she says – and I am honored to share a catalog with people I admire”.

Cover of the “Arkhé” poetry book by Sara J. Trigueros CANDAYA

arkhe It is a short poem in two parts –sharp tiles Y Auschwitz II– separated by a break; everything includes a portion of literature in addition to personal experience, which is narrated through classical mythology. I used both mythological characters that I used as an allegory about the disease and classical literary characters such as Virgilio,” he says. Dialogues with other authorsAfter Latin American poets and narrators add that “some parts are very musical”, “and I use them to tell what I want to tell”.

Regarding writing therapy, “more than just a therapeutic use, I use literature to talk about the things we all have in mind. and those that are not normally spoken”. Cancer, abortion, self harm or suicide are some of these problems.

For his bookshop friend and also a poet carmen john, arkhe “A risky voyage, an antiheroic cruise towards the center of the storm. But also a map of the islands where the author took refuge: Orpheus’ lyre and Hellenic chorus, yes, but also stark Spanish realism”.

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