First Epistle to the Amphibians: Reading and Conversation with Ricardo Domeneck, Chris Daniels, and Patrícia Lino

Book Launch for FIRST EPISTLE TO THE AMPHIBIANS, a collection of poetry by Brazilian author Ricardo Domeneck, translated by Chris Daniels, published by World Poetry Books in April 2026. The event will consist of a reading and conversation with Ricardo Domeneck, Chris Daniels, and Patrícia Lino.

Ricardo Domeneck is a Brazilian writer based in Berlin. He has published ten collections of poems and two of short prose in Brazil and Portugal. He is the recipient of two of Brazil’s most prestigious literary awards, the Prêmio Jabuti and the Prêmio Alphonsus de Guimaraens, and selected volumes of his poems have appeared in German, Dutch and Spanish. Working with sound and performance, he has presented work in several museums and galleries. First Epistle to the Amphibians (World Poetry, 2026) is the first book of his poetry to appear in English translation.

Chris Daniels is a feral translator of global Lusophone poetry. He has published book-length translations of poetry by Fernando Pessoa, Josely Vianna Baptista, Adelaide Ivánova, Lubi Prates, and Orides Fontela. His selected volume of Ricardo Domeneck’s poems, First Epistle to the Amphibians, will be released by World Poetry Books in April 2026.

Patrícia Lino is a poet, an essayist, a performer, a translator and Associate Professor of poetry and visual arts at UCLA. Among her books, videopoems, translations, performances, talk-performances and sound experiences are, for instance, Todo poema é um kindergarten (2025), I Am a Poet, I Was a Starling (2025), Imperativa Ensaística Diabólica. Infraleituras da Poesia Expandida Brasileira (2024), O Kit de Sobrevivência do Descobridor Português no Mundo Anticolonial (2024), or A Ilha das Afeições (2023).