
Johanna Hedva: Minerva the Miscarriage of the Brain
Second Edition:ISBN 978-1-953189-05-9October 2022, English, 5 x 8 in, 196 pages, b&w, softcover First Edition:ISBN 978-1-953189-00-4E-ISBN: 978-1-953189-01-1September 2020, English, 5 x 8 in, 194 pages, b&w, softcoverAudiobook: 47 tracks, 4 hrs 46 minDesign: Sming Sming BooksIllustrations: Isabelle AlbuquerqueCo-published with Wolfman Books!Distributed in the UK and Europe by Parrhesiades Minerva the Miscarriage of the Brain collects a decade of work from artist, musician, and author of On Hell, Johanna Hedva. 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. The audiobook is narrated by Johanna Hedva and features tracks from A