We're excited to share that Pigs in Delirium has been highlighted in Vol. 1 Brooklyn's Recommended Books for May 2025.
"It’s not often that we include books by heads of state on here; then again, most heads of state are not also critically acclaimed poets. Jorge Carlos Fonseca spent a decade as the president of Cape Verde; in an interview with translator Shook, Fonseca declared that “my poetry breaks aesthetically—due to the material it deals with and, above all, its form and the tools it employs—with what came before it.”
It's an honor to have Pigs in Delirium featured in Vol. 1 Brooklyn and alongside so many titles from other presses we love: Atria Books, Haymarket Books, and many others.
Pigs also received a thoughtful shoutout from Tobias Carroll on Words Without Border's 2024 Reading Round-up list:
"As for 2025? I have to say, Jorge Carlos Fonseca’s poetry collection Pigs in Delirium (translated by Shook) sounds both structurally innovative and deeply personal."
Pigs in Delirium is OUT NOW and available on insert.press and through Ingram. Temporarily out of stock at Asterism Books, but should be available again soon.
Pigs in Delirium
by Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Paperback, Bilingual edition, 5.5" x 8.5" x 0.5", approx 200 Pages
Release Date: May 27th, 2025
ISBN: 9781947322165
LCCN: 2024945965
Cover price $20
Translated from the Portuguese by Shook