Johanna Hedva: Minerva the Miscarriage of the Brain

By Johanna Hedva Minerva the Miscarriage of the Brain collects a decade of work, from 2010-2020. In plays, performances, an encyclopedia, essays, autohagiography, hypnagogic, and hypnapompic poems—texts whose bodies drift and delight in form—Minerva tunnels into mysticism, madness, motherhood, and magic. Minerva gets dirty with the mess of gender and genius. She does the labor of sleep and dreams. She odysseys through Los Angeles, shapeshifting in stygian night and waking up to wail in the light. Sming Sming & Wolfman Books, 2020 Softcover, 194 pages 5 x 8 inches