Border & Frontier

Author Carlos Schröder splits his time between Washington, D.C., and his native Buenos Aires, Argentina. His poems are concerned with the experiences of exile, loss, and the artificial borders we raise between each other, whether emotional, political, spiritual, or physical. Border & Frontier addresses all of these in one short poem.

The first edition of this book consisted of only two copies, and was printed only for the poet and a portfolio copy. It has a slipcover (of two different designs), the beads used on the closures are African trade beads, and the maps are solely from a Cavellini & Co. collection, except for the cover map. This book measures 8.5 h X 11 w. Text is by Carlos Schröder. (Click photo for a larger image.) Not for sale.

The second edition consists of 25 books with maps and cover from vintage National Geographic, The New York Times Historical Atlas, and Cavellini & Co. maps. The closure beads are contemporary lampwork. There is no slipcase for this edition. The book measures 8.5625 h X 11 inches w. (Click photo for a larger image.)

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Author Carlos Schröder (who is not as saintly as he looks here) has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Maryland, where he completed book-length translations of Minnie Bruce Pratt's poetry into Spanish and Maria Elena Walsh's poetry into English. He now teaches at Northern Virginia Community College and expects to publish his own collection of poetry this year. He resides in both Washington, D.C., and Buenos Aires, Argentina.