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BOOKSHOP SPOTLIGHT
A Rosa is a Rose launch at the ICA | 10 Feb, 7pm
DOUGLAS CANTOR
A Rosa is a Rose is a selection of fifty poems from the last ten years released in October 2025, alongside the opening of his solo painting exhibition PALOMAS (pretty things) at miłość in London.
It is an account of a poet and painter from elsewhere. He writes letters to himself, stories of love and grief, that document the longings and dreams of a place full of flowers. He is the horses and the pigeons, the barriers, desires and leftovers.
The poems often intertwine English and Spanish in a voice genuine to their subject – simultaneously full of hope and disenchantment, as he tries to make it past the bouncer of the western ideal. The book is illustrated with the author’s paintings, printed in black and white, commemorating the poems, like souvenirs or stamps of the times and sentiments.
The evening will be filled with reading, thoughtful conversation, and an open Q&A with Douglas Cantor.
Book tickets through the ICA website here.
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A Rosa is a Rose
Douglas Cantor
£12.99