+ Marina Novoa (2025)
The storytelling is through the eyes of our mothers when they were our own age, by a sit-down interviewing our mothers, we have unspooled a rich tapestry of personal discourses, emotional truths, and quiet acts of subversion that continue to inspire us today. Beyond an emotional tribute, this volume is the result of extensive field research and archival investigation. The editorial team undertook a rigorous process of oral history retrieval, conducting deep, reflective interviews to rescue personal testimonies before they faded from collective memory. This qualitative fieldwork was paired with academic archival research, unearthing hidden literary gems, essays, and poetry. Through a meticulously curated selection of literary and visual works, the book uncovers and honors the multi-generational transfer of strength across eight essential chapters.
La Herencia thrives on perspective—both of the historical creators included in the anthology and the contemporary curators who pieced the narrative together.Physically, the book is designed as a robust object that projects delicacy; a tactile editorial piece built with unfiltered, raw content, executed with the utmost care. The project looks closely at what the world was for them and what it is for us, searching within that shared mirror for the invisible threads that bind us, acknowledging their realities as the very foundation of the paths we walk today.