Biography of a Fiction

In Marques' short-form poems, written during her transition, the practice of biographical writing mirrors her own journey of idealization and becoming

This volume, Biography of a Fiction, is the second poetry collection in English by Portuguese author, filmmaker and artist Isadora Neves Marques (born 1984). What began as diaristic poems on gender, sexuality and reproduction quickly blossomed into a commentary on the role of fiction in writing a biography.