“i would sleep on the floor if it meant that my breath and sweat would seep into the ground enough for me to see myself in it, i want to stuck, struck into this desert, but like dust, i dissipate.”

Inspired by writers such as Maggie Nelson and Anne Carson, a thesaurus for the way water returns deals with the jarring effects of physical and temporal displacement, leading the reader through the emotional topography of a narrator in surroundings that are simultaneously familiar and horrifically strange. 

 A 30 page long chapbook, a thesaurus for the way water returns includes six original illustrations from Saltiel, moving between the sparse beauty of minimalistic ink drawings to full watercolor illustrations, providing a visual accompaniment to the quiet loveliness of Saltiel's language. 

Published in collaborating with Riza Press, the book launched on Kickstarter on January 14, 2020, with a digital release on April 3rd and a physical release on May 1st.