all that grows: nature and writing by Clara Obligado
In English
Translated by Fiona Mackintosh
all that grows: nature and writing is the English-language translation of Todo lo que crece: naturaleza y escritura by the Argentinian author Clara Obligado. The book chronicles the author's upbringing in Argentina, her exile to Spain, and her resulting reconciliation of place, memory, loss, and growth. Through botanical and natural metaphors as well as frank recollection of events, the book explores the passage of time across different hemispheres and dialects. As the author navigates shifts in landscape and language, her writing becomes a shelter and a form of time travel, mirroring the natural world’s ability to invent and reinvent itself.
Clara Obligado was born in Buenos Aires. A political exile from the military dictatorship, she has lived in Spain since 1976. She has a degree in Literature and has directed the first Creative Writing workshops organized in this country, an activity that she has carried out for numerous universities and various institutions and which she carries out independently.
Author: Clara Obligado
Translation: Fiona Mackintosh
Editors: Gwen Davis-Barrios, Alexandra Grant, Nicole Hervás Ibañez
Foreword: Nicole Hervás Ibañez
Introduction: Erica Durante
Interview: Erica Durante
Design: Dana Collins
Cover Art: Julieta Obligado and Alejandro Fernández Banegas
Published in 2025 by X Artists' Books
7 x 5.5 x .5 inches (17.8 x 14 x 1.3 cm), 128 pages, paperback
ISBN: 9798990698512
