W&S002 - The Garden of Many Forking Paths

Wound and Stab

OCTOBER 23rd, 2017 The Garden of Many Forking Paths - Jorge Luis Borges

The Work We discuss Jorge Luis Borges' titular short story from his collection The Garden of Many Forking Paths. An Argentine, Borge's stories were written in Spanish, and there is some legal dispute that has held the release of English translations done by Norman Thomas Di Giovanni in collaboration with Borges himself.

Fans of the author have made these translations available here at the Library of Babel.

The Guest Our guest is artist Felipe Posada. He is a Brooklyn, NY based artist who grew up in Latin America. We discuss the experience of growing up within an educational system learning about the Latin American literature in contrast to North American, or European centric literary education.

You can find Felipe's work at The Invisible Realm, where you can also learn about his upcoming gallery shows and purchase prints of his artwork. You can also follow him on instagram @the_invisible_realm.

Felipe mentions a few other works to seek out: Carlos Castaneda's The Teachings of Don Jaun Adolfo Bioy Casares' The Invention of Morel The Norse Epic Poem The Song of the Nibelungs Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude & Chronicles of a Death Foretold

Pairings Spirits "Vortices" A cocktail that can be served one of three ways.

2 oz Irish Whiskey 1 large spoonful Sugar 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth 2 dashes Angostura Bitters 2 oz Black Tea (hot or iced) 1/2 oz Lemon Juice

Shake, Stir, or Serve Hot: It's up to you.

Aural Stimuli

Visual Stimuli The works of Xul Solar, artist and friend of Borges The Art Deco Architecture of Francisco Salamone Garden Mazes of Argentina like Parque-El-Descanso

Next The Wine-Dark Sea We'll be discussing titular tale from Robert Aickman's The Wine-Dark Sea and conversing with practicing sorceress Sarah Lyons about women and power.