The Bridge of Beyond
“A man鈥檚 country may be cramped or vast according to the size of his heart. I鈥檝e never found my country too small, though that isn鈥檛 to say my heart is great. And if I could choose it鈥檚 here in Guadeloupe that I鈥檇 be born again, suffer and die. Yet not long back my ancestors were slaves on this volcanic, ...
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Latest Review: "The Bridge of Beyond" by Simone Schwarz-Bart
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by Christopher Iacono on Simone Schwarz-Bart’s The Bridge of Beyond, out from New York Review Books. Chris is a new addition to our reviewers, and is a writer, copy editor, and proofreader from Methuen, MA; he also runs the Good Coffee Book Blog. Here’s ...
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Weekend Reading: "Viviane" by Julia Deck
Like most people in publishing—or most readers I know—I have approximately a hundred million books on my “to read” shelves. Which in no way stops me from buying more and more books, or, in this case, setting aside everything I “should” be reading to check out a book that won’t be ...
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Our Lady of the Flowers, Echoic
Our Lady of the Flowers, Echoic is not only a translation, but a transformation. It is a translation of Jean Genet鈥檚 novel Notre Dame des Fleurs, transmuted from prose to poetry. Originally written in prison as a masturbatory aid (Sartre in fact called the book 鈥渢he epic of masturbation鈥), Chris Tysh has taken Genet鈥檚 ...
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Latest Review: "Our Lady of the Flowers, Echoic" by Chris Tysh
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by J.T. Mahany on Chris Tysh’s Our Lady of the Flowers, Echoic, which is available from Les Figues Press. This is a strange book to review, since it’s less a “translation” and more of a “transformation,” but it’s also incredibly ...
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Wigrum
From the start, Daniel Canty鈥檚 Wigrum, published by Canadian press Talonbooks, is obviously a novel of form. Known also as a graphic designer in Quebec, Canty takes those skills and puts them towards this 鈥渘ovel of inventory鈥 and creates a framework from which to hang the inventories. We get a table of contents, where ...
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Latest Review: "Wigrum" by Daniel Canty
The latest addition to our Reviews Section is a piece by P. T. Smith on Daniel Canty’s Wigrum, from Talonbooks. Patrick, who is one of our regular reviewers, not only has a heightened interest in) and geographical proximity to) Montreal and its literature scene, but also shares the amusement and probable giggles at ...
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