diff --git a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/element.clj b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/element.clj
index 82e6dd8..75e9604 100644
--- a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/element.clj
+++ b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/element.clj
@@ -37,14 +37,16 @@
     (if (zero? (:exit r))
       (-> r :out (json/parse-string (comp keyword camel->kebab))))))
 
-(declare gather-first-section)
+(declare gather-first-section gather-latex-paragraphs)
 
-(defn read-string [s & {:keys [post-processors]
-                        :or {post-processors [gather-first-section]}}]
+(defn read-string
+  [s & {:keys [post-processors]
+        :or {post-processors [gather-first-section
+                              gather-latex-paragraphs]}}]
   (let [apply-post-processors (apply comp (reverse post-processors))]
     (with-in-str s
-     (-> (uniorg :in *in*)
-         apply-post-processors))))
+      (-> (uniorg :in *in*)
+          apply-post-processors))))
 
 
 
@@ -212,25 +214,6 @@
                              rest)]
     (assoc node :children new-children)))
 
-(defn- neighbourly-mapcat [coll f]
-  (let [rest-coll (rest coll)]
-    (map f
-         coll
-         rest-coll
-         (concat (rest rest-coll) [nil]))))
-
-(defn- =>> [wa-loc wa-loc->b]
-  (if-some [loc₀ (z/down wa-loc)]
-    (loop [loc-read loc₀
-           loc-write loc₀]
-      (let [loc-write' (z/replace loc-write (wa-loc->b loc-read))
-            next-loc-read (z/next loc-read)
-            next-loc-write (z/next loc-write')]
-        (if (z/end? next-loc-read)
-          (z/up loc-write')
-          (recur next-loc-read next-loc-write))))
-    wa-loc))
-
 (defn separated-by-explicit-paragraph-break?
   "Returh truthy if each successive pair of elements is separated by
   at least one explicit paragraph break; i.e. a blank line."
@@ -257,30 +240,43 @@
   (def doc (read-string (slurp some-org-file)))
 
   (let [r (atom [])
-        blah
-        (sp/transform
-         [postorder-walker
-          (sp/must :children)]
-         (fn [children]
-           (loop [acc []
-                  cs (vec children)]
-             (match cs
-               ([(para₁ :guard #(of-type? % "paragraph"))
-                 (tex :guard #(of-type? % "latex-environment"))
-                 (para₂ :guard #(of-type? % "paragraph"))
-                 & rest]
-                :guard #(apply separated-by-explicit-paragraph-break? %))
-               (recur (conj acc (swallow para₁ tex para₂)) rest)
-               ([(para :guard #(of-type? % "paragraph"))
-                 (tex :guard #(of-type? % "latex-environment"))
-                 & rest]
-                :guard #(apply separated-by-explicit-paragraph-break? %))
-               (recur (conj acc (swallow para tex)) rest)
-               [c & rest]
-               (recur (conj acc c) rest)
-               [] acc)))
-         doc)]
+        blah]
     @r))
 
 (defn gather-latex-paragraphs [node]
-  ())
+  (->> node
+       (sp/transform
+        [postorder-walker (sp/must :children)]
+        (fn [children]
+          (loop [acc []
+                 cs (vec children)]
+            (match cs
+              ;; CASE: A paragraph followed by a LaTeX environment
+              ;; followed by a paragraph.  If there are no blank lines
+              ;; separating the three elements, absorb them into a
+              ;; single paragraph spanning the sum of their parts.
+              ([(para₁ :guard #(of-type? % "paragraph"))
+                (tex :guard #(of-type? % "latex-environment"))
+                (para₂ :guard #(of-type? % "paragraph"))
+                & rest]
+               :guard #(apply separated-by-explicit-paragraph-break? %))
+              (recur (conj acc
+                           ;; Swallow para₂'s /children/,
+                           ;; not para₂ itself.  Nested
+                           ;; paragraphs are not supported
+                           ;; by HTML.
+                           (apply swallow para₁ tex (:children para₂)))
+                     rest)
+              ;; CASE: A paragraph followed by a LaTeX environment.
+              ;; If there are no blank lines separating the paragraph
+              ;; from the LaTeX environment, the LaTeX environment
+              ;; shall become a child of the paragraph.
+              ([(para :guard #(of-type? % "paragraph"))
+                (tex :guard #(of-type? % "latex-environment"))
+                & rest]
+               :guard #(apply separated-by-explicit-paragraph-break? %))
+              (recur (conj acc (swallow para tex)) rest)
+              ;; CASE: Irrelevant or empty!
+              [c & rest]
+              (recur (conj acc c) rest)
+              [] acc))))))
diff --git a/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test.clj b/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test.clj
index 3406bb1..a4f732b 100644
--- a/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test.clj
+++ b/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test.clj
@@ -49,3 +49,26 @@
               first-paragraph-belongs-to-first-section?))
     (t/is (not (-> (parse-resource "first-paragraph-under-heading.org")
                    first-paragraph-belongs-to-first-section?)))))
+
+(defn- first-paragraph-ends-with-latex? [doc]
+  (-> (sp/select-first [sut/postorder-walker
+                        #(sut/of-type? % "paragraph")
+                        (sp/must :children)
+                        sp/LAST]
+                       doc)
+      (sut/of-type? "latex-environment")))
+
+(defn- first-paragraph-has-latex? [doc]
+  (sp/select-first [sut/postorder-walker
+                    #(sut/of-type? % "paragraph")
+                    (sp/must :children)
+                    #(sut/of-type? % "latex-environment")]
+                   doc))
+
+(t/deftest paragraph-separation
+  (t/testing "paragraph ending with latex"
+    (t/is (->> (parse-resource "paragraph-ending-with-latex.org")
+               first-paragraph-ends-with-latex?)))
+  (t/testing "paragraph surrounding latex"
+    (t/is (->> (parse-resource "paragraph-surrounding-latex.org")
+               first-paragraph-has-latex?))))
diff --git a/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test/paragraph-ending-with-latex.org b/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test/paragraph-ending-with-latex.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f1eebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test/paragraph-ending-with-latex.org
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#+title: paragraph ending with latex
+
+here is the paragraph,
+\begin{align*}
+\text{and here} &
+\\ & \text{is the \LaTeX}
+\end{align*}
diff --git a/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test/paragraph-surrounding-latex.org b/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test/paragraph-surrounding-latex.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdffa8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/element_test/paragraph-surrounding-latex.org
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#+title: paragraph surrounding latex
+
+first part of paragraph
+\begin{equation*}
+\text{some \LaTeX \}:)}
+\end{equation*}
+last part of paragraph