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Published May 5, 2022
the heart is nothing but these narratives that slowly give it form.collecting into a single volume his two recent books on fatherhood (umbilical [2022] & small speaker (pequeño hablante) [2024]), andrés neuman's a father is born offers an eloquent assemblage of vignette-style narratives on birth, infancy, toddlerdom, and parenting.
we spend the day in each other's arms, lulling ourselves to sleep in a mutual dependency. you pretend i take care of you, and we grow more and more into childhood, two ages drawing closer.
i'm on my way, i'll wait for you here.