Between Now
and Then
The passions, everyday challenges and questions that come when your mind refuses to fall asleep.
LIFE, AS IT FEELS WRITER & VISUAL ARTIST · COSTA RICA
A world between
words and
butterflies.
Poetry for what is hard to say.
Colors for everything we feel.
A young perspective. Many ways to create.
MY FIRSTbook
a little bit of me,
on every page.
on every page.
01 / ABOUT MESomething is always
Something is always
waiting to come out.
Sometimes it becomes a verse.
Other times, a page filled with color.
Alicia Paris is a young Costa Rican writer and artist. Growing up, she traveled and discovered other cultures, experiences that sparked her interest in visual arts, literature, languages, music and food.
She discovered poetry in third grade and returned to it in secondary school. In seventh grade, she began writing for herself: a way to explore her emotions and make sense of what she felt. Before putting together her first book, she had already written 51 poems.
At 15, she selected 22 of them for A Quiet Devotion, her debut collection. Her words and illustrations share the same impulse: to make room for what so often stays inside.
Discover her voiceWORDS & ORIGINAL ARTA quiet devotion.
A voice beginning to be shared.
A voice beginning to be shared.
02 / PUBLICATIONSA Quiet
DEBUT BOOK · 2026 EDITION
A Quiet
Devotion
A little universe of emotions.
A collection of 22 poems in English about growing up, asking questions, discovering love and finding your own voice. Music, art, sports and everyday life intertwine with emotions we do not always know how to name.
Alicia’s illustrations accompany the verses, turning the book into a journey through both words and images.
- Genre
- Young adult poetry
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Quiet Editions · 2026
- Length
- 112 pages
THREE PARTS. ONE SHARED FEELING.
A journey from the world outside to the world within.
Between Now
Unsent
Poems
First crushes, butterflies and everything you write, even when you never send it.
WHAT REMAINS UNSAIDLove,
Unedited
The love we imagine through films, shows and dreams. Its expectations, its shades and its questions.
LOVE, UNEDITED03 / BETWEEN VERSESSome words
Some words
feel close.
Little windows into A Quiet Devotion.
Selected excerpts, in their original English.
A verse is only the beginning.
The rest lives between the pages.
The rest lives between the pages.
Every color a different emotion,
every hue a different thought.
Every stroke showing devotion,
devotion that can’t be taught.ColorAlicia Paris · A Quiet Devotion · p. 51
EXCERPT
04 / ILLUSTRATIONSWhat words
What words
leave to color.
Alicia’s original illustrations for the book.
Choose one to take a closer look.
AN INVITATION BETWEEN THE PAGES
“And to anyone who has ever felt misunderstood,
I hope these pages remind you that someone,
somewhere, has felt the same way too.”FROM THE DEDICATION OF A QUIET DEVOTION · ALICIA PARIS
05 / CONTACTGood stories
Good stories
start with a hello.
Readings, art projects, conversations about the book or an idea to share.