Ana María Caballero is a first-generation Colombian-American poet and artist. Her work explores how biology delimits societal and cultural rites, ripping the veil from romanticized motherhood and questioning notions that package a woman’s sacrifice as a virtue. She’s the recipient of the Beverly International Prize, Colombia’s José Manuel Arango National Poetry Prize, the Steel Toe Books Poetry Prize and a Sevens Foundation Grant. Her work has been widely published and exhibited internationally.
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Ways To Misspell Obsidian
WAYS TO MISSPELL OBSIDIAN is a collection of spoken-word poems by Ana María Caballero that investigates and celebrates the storytelling potential of long-form poetry. Following the passing of a very close friend, Caballero composed JUAN, a eulogy-in-verse. This text serves as both precursor and companion to “Ways to Misspell Obsidian,” a lyric essay written years later in which details of Juan’s passing are braided into the story of the intoxication of Caballero’s young son with nail polish remover.
Juan
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Once
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Fathomless
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THE WISH
The Wish is a book that contains one single poem titled, “The Wish,” printed 197 times in its pages. When taken as integers, the digits in 197 add up eventually to 8, a number that represents abundance.
Tryst
Tryst is Ana María Caballero’s first digital book, a collection of three arresting and poetic short stories, each with a one-of-a-kind generative cover.
A Petit Mal
Caballero’s first nonfiction manuscript A Petit Mal was awarded the International Beverly Prize for Literature. It will be published in Fall 2022.
Mid-life
Published by Finishing Line Press, mid-life is Caballero’s first book of poetry in English.
Reverse Commute
LA-based Silver Birch Press published Ides, an anthology of fifteen poetry chapbooks, including Caballero’s Reverse Commute.
Entre Domingo y Domingo
Entre domingo y domingo gathers the poems Caballero wrote during her twenties, while living in Bogotá.