Luciana Erregue
@lucianaerregue.bsky.social
Argentinian-Canadian writer/Poetry translator/ Chapbook OF MOTHERS AND MADONNAS (Polyglot, 2023) Memoir-novella DAUGHTERS OF THE CURRENT (In Progress) Award Winning indie publisher www.laberintopress.com
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“I was a dormant sea” wrote Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni. Follow along as I share with you my translations of her poetry, a central part of my memoir, Daughters of the Current.
Thank You, Marlene Wurfel, for inviting us to present to your Editing students at Grant MacEwan University. We discussed “editing with and through the senses,” the basis of our publishing venture, Laberinto Press (www.laberintopress.com) A chance to “Think about our work” before “doing the work.”
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thank You, Marlene Wurfel, for inviting us to present to your Editing students at Grant MacEwan University. We discussed “editing with and through the senses,” the basis of our publishing venture, Laberinto Press (www.laberintopress.com) A chance to “Think about our work” before “doing the work.”
After a 3 YEAR!!! hiatus, my blog SpectatorCurator is back and with that, musings on art and life in translation spectatorcurator.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/i...
I Could Dance That Armchair
Dear Reader, after way too long a hiatus I have decided to continue using this platform. Time will tell. I am here as a space where I get to inhabit that aspect of my writing career that was relega…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
After a 3 YEAR!!! hiatus, my blog SpectatorCurator is back and with that, musings on art and life in translation spectatorcurator.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/i...
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The Streisand effect in action! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Shopping the 'vicious compliance section': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban | CBC News
An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Streisand effect in action! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It is exhausting to have to fight authoritarianism in Alberta especially if you grew up under a dictatorship that censored and disappeared authors and publishers. Thank You to Paloma Martínez from @rci.bsky.social for interviewing me to discuss the #AlbertaBookBan ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/es/notic...
[Reportaje] Censura de libros en Alberta reabre heridas de la dictadura argentina | RCI
Luciana Erregue recuerda el silencio impuesto a la expresión cultural entre 1976 y 1983 en su país natal.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It is exhausting to have to fight authoritarianism in Alberta especially if you grew up under a dictatorship that censored and disappeared authors and publishers. Thank You to Paloma Martínez from @rci.bsky.social for interviewing me to discuss the #AlbertaBookBan ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/es/notic...
Argentinian Sculptor Lola Mora working on her fountain The Nereids (1902) Mora’s work, like Alfonsina provoked the scorn and judgement of Argentina’s society at the time. The Nereids and its background story is part of my WIP memoir #DaughtersoftheCurrent
August 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Argentinian Sculptor Lola Mora working on her fountain The Nereids (1902) Mora’s work, like Alfonsina provoked the scorn and judgement of Argentina’s society at the time. The Nereids and its background story is part of my WIP memoir #DaughtersoftheCurrent
Trigger warning: Suicide. “The Guadalquivir” from #DaughtersoftheCurrent My body feels every increase in temperature as if tightening a tourniquet around my throat. As we are packing for our return to Madrid, I blurt out “I want to die.” For a second, I think of jumping into the Guadalquivir.
August 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Trigger warning: Suicide. “The Guadalquivir” from #DaughtersoftheCurrent My body feels every increase in temperature as if tightening a tourniquet around my throat. As we are packing for our return to Madrid, I blurt out “I want to die.” For a second, I think of jumping into the Guadalquivir.
Córdoba, Spain, July 2022: The miasma floats over the Roman Temple where the Mosque was built, the Church that replaced both, and the seminaries, the police stations built under Franco. At Communion, the girls become majas and the boys, little military men. Everybody aspires to be a grandee. #DotC
August 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Córdoba, Spain, July 2022: The miasma floats over the Roman Temple where the Mosque was built, the Church that replaced both, and the seminaries, the police stations built under Franco. At Communion, the girls become majas and the boys, little military men. Everybody aspires to be a grandee. #DotC
Juana is passenger number 72806, and travels in the 1st. class carriage of Ferrocarril del Sud. As a piece meal worker, she would probably load the packages of embroidered baby clothes herself that way avoiding the tip for the porters that would eat into her wages. #DaughtersoftheCurrent
August 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Juana is passenger number 72806, and travels in the 1st. class carriage of Ferrocarril del Sud. As a piece meal worker, she would probably load the packages of embroidered baby clothes herself that way avoiding the tip for the porters that would eat into her wages. #DaughtersoftheCurrent
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August 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Congratulations, my dear Bianca, on successfully defending your doctoral thesis! Dr. Bianca M Sacchi is in the house. 🎉🥂 Your great grandmother —a maid and embroiderer—would have been so proud! #DaughtersoftheCurrent #WomeninSTEM
August 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Congratulations, my dear Bianca, on successfully defending your doctoral thesis! Dr. Bianca M Sacchi is in the house. 🎉🥂 Your great grandmother —a maid and embroiderer—would have been so proud! #DaughtersoftheCurrent #WomeninSTEM
There is nothing like reading from your WIP to that friend who has witnessed your many incarnations as art educator, poet (Thank You for publishing my debut chapbook) publisher, and cnf author. #AdrianaOnita, loved sharing our words today. #DaughtersoftheCurrent #friendship #poetry #cnf #summer #yeg
August 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There is nothing like reading from your WIP to that friend who has witnessed your many incarnations as art educator, poet (Thank You for publishing my debut chapbook) publisher, and cnf author. #AdrianaOnita, loved sharing our words today. #DaughtersoftheCurrent #friendship #poetry #cnf #summer #yeg
I remember my grandmother applying bright coral red lipstick and jet black eyebrow pencil to face the world after her cancer diagnosis, like a mask, something Alfonsina also did in her last years. A mask, a potent tool for women to stoically endure incurable disease in twentieth century Argentina.
August 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I remember my grandmother applying bright coral red lipstick and jet black eyebrow pencil to face the world after her cancer diagnosis, like a mask, something Alfonsina also did in her last years. A mask, a potent tool for women to stoically endure incurable disease in twentieth century Argentina.
As a seven year old I was obsessed by her drowning in the waters of Mar del Plata because of a song that glorified her suicide as a trip down the ocean, an underwater playground. In 2024 I confronted that childhood illusion, walking Alfonsina’s final steps. #DaughtersoftheCurrent
August 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
As a seven year old I was obsessed by her drowning in the waters of Mar del Plata because of a song that glorified her suicide as a trip down the ocean, an underwater playground. In 2024 I confronted that childhood illusion, walking Alfonsina’s final steps. #DaughtersoftheCurrent
The pleasure was all mine, #SomeoneEditions!
August 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The pleasure was all mine, #SomeoneEditions!
Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni threw herself in the waters of La Perla Beach, Mar del Plata in 1937 because the pain derived from her metastasized breast cancer was unbearable. Today, Argentinian scientists captured the creatures of those same waters for the 1st time. #DaughtersoftheCurrents
August 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni threw herself in the waters of La Perla Beach, Mar del Plata in 1937 because the pain derived from her metastasized breast cancer was unbearable. Today, Argentinian scientists captured the creatures of those same waters for the 1st time. #DaughtersoftheCurrents
It is not just the excitement of receiving the envelope-chapbooks from our collaboration with #Mari-LouRowley #DeborahBarnett and her #FrenchLetterSociety, it is the surprise at the connection between this project and my memoir #DaughtersoftheCurrent I have limited edition copies available.
August 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It is not just the excitement of receiving the envelope-chapbooks from our collaboration with #Mari-LouRowley #DeborahBarnett and her #FrenchLetterSociety, it is the surprise at the connection between this project and my memoir #DaughtersoftheCurrent I have limited edition copies available.
“I rose early, and barefoot/I went down the hallways/went down toward the gardens/and kissed the plants.” Alfonsina Storni from her poem “Saturday” (Translation mine)
July 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“I rose early, and barefoot/I went down the hallways/went down toward the gardens/and kissed the plants.” Alfonsina Storni from her poem “Saturday” (Translation mine)
Earlier this year @robmclennan.bsky.social kindly invited me to reflect on all things translation and publishing. With renewed Thanks! periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2024/12/luci...
Luciana Erregue-Sacchi : Laberinto Press: Living the Multilingual Life
What does it mean to live a multilingual life where translation is embedded in our daily lives? For Ilan Stavans, his impressi...
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July 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Earlier this year @robmclennan.bsky.social kindly invited me to reflect on all things translation and publishing. With renewed Thanks! periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2024/12/luci...
So thrilled to share my memoir writing process and my obsession with all things Alfonsina with my dear friend @wendymcgrath.bsky.social
Mi amiga @lucianaerregue.bsky.social introduced me to Alfonsina Storni--an iconic poet who's inspired so much! Luciana herself has taken inspiration from Alfonsina and is working on a memoir…
#alfonsinastorni #womenintranslation #memoir #worksinprogress #worksintranslation
#alfonsinastorni #womenintranslation #memoir #worksinprogress #worksintranslation
July 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So thrilled to share my memoir writing process and my obsession with all things Alfonsina with my dear friend @wendymcgrath.bsky.social
“Hear me: I was a dormant sea.
You woke me up and the tempest erupted.
I agitate my waves, I sink my ships,
I climb up to the sky and punish the stars,
I blush with shame and hide inside my folds,
I go mad and kill my fish.
Do not look at me with fear. You wanted this.” Alfonsina Storni
You woke me up and the tempest erupted.
I agitate my waves, I sink my ships,
I climb up to the sky and punish the stars,
I blush with shame and hide inside my folds,
I go mad and kill my fish.
Do not look at me with fear. You wanted this.” Alfonsina Storni
July 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Hear me: I was a dormant sea.
You woke me up and the tempest erupted.
I agitate my waves, I sink my ships,
I climb up to the sky and punish the stars,
I blush with shame and hide inside my folds,
I go mad and kill my fish.
Do not look at me with fear. You wanted this.” Alfonsina Storni
You woke me up and the tempest erupted.
I agitate my waves, I sink my ships,
I climb up to the sky and punish the stars,
I blush with shame and hide inside my folds,
I go mad and kill my fish.
Do not look at me with fear. You wanted this.” Alfonsina Storni
The song that started my obsession with #AlfonsinaStorni, “Alfonsina y el mar, composed by Félix Luna and Ariel Ramírez, in the voice of Mercedes Sosa, as I heard it for the first time at 5 years of age. #DaughtersoftheCurrent m.youtube.com/watch?v=eU1H...
Mercedes Sosa-Alfonsina y el mar
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July 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The song that started my obsession with #AlfonsinaStorni, “Alfonsina y el mar, composed by Félix Luna and Ariel Ramírez, in the voice of Mercedes Sosa, as I heard it for the first time at 5 years of age. #DaughtersoftheCurrent m.youtube.com/watch?v=eU1H...
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‘When Claude Bellièvre visited the Vatican Library around 1514, he copied down a papal edict: readers must not quarrel, make noise or “cross the desks [to which books were chained] and tear them up with their feet”.’
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton · No Cheese Please: The First Bibliophiles
The library made possible a new kind of intellectual life. Machiavelli, when he’d been exiled from Florence, described...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
‘When Claude Bellièvre visited the Vatican Library around 1514, he copied down a papal edict: readers must not quarrel, make noise or “cross the desks [to which books were chained] and tear them up with their feet”.’
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
“it seems to me something will be revealed. I go back in time.” The Park. Alfonsina Storni.
“Paréceme que algo va a serme revelado.Retrocedo en el tiempo.” El parque. Alfonsina Storni.
“Paréceme que algo va a serme revelado.Retrocedo en el tiempo.” El parque. Alfonsina Storni.
July 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“it seems to me something will be revealed. I go back in time.” The Park. Alfonsina Storni.
“Paréceme que algo va a serme revelado.Retrocedo en el tiempo.” El parque. Alfonsina Storni.
“Paréceme que algo va a serme revelado.Retrocedo en el tiempo.” El parque. Alfonsina Storni.
Re-introducing my chapbook #OfMothersandMadonnas through an interview with the glorious @jennabutler.bsky.social readalberta.ca/articles/jen...
Jenna Butler interviews Luciana Erregue-Sacchi - Read Alberta
Jenna Butler interviews Luciana Erregue-Sacchi about her chapbook, Of Mothers & Madonnas.
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July 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Re-introducing my chapbook #OfMothersandMadonnas through an interview with the glorious @jennabutler.bsky.social readalberta.ca/articles/jen...
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Today I was reading poems by Medgine Mathurin in the new collection edited by @wendymcgrath.bsky.social and published by Laberinto Press, an #indiepress in #Edmonton
"No medical script to soothe the lonely of ribs and limbs |
No contingency plan for hte heavy"
#poetry #canlit
"No medical script to soothe the lonely of ribs and limbs |
No contingency plan for hte heavy"
#poetry #canlit
May 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Today I was reading poems by Medgine Mathurin in the new collection edited by @wendymcgrath.bsky.social and published by Laberinto Press, an #indiepress in #Edmonton
"No medical script to soothe the lonely of ribs and limbs |
No contingency plan for hte heavy"
#poetry #canlit
"No medical script to soothe the lonely of ribs and limbs |
No contingency plan for hte heavy"
#poetry #canlit