Crosscut Universe: Writing on Writing from France

by Norma Cole (Editor)

Cultural Writing. Poetics. There are conversations embedded in these pages, a kind of cross-talk through time and space. Texts, interviews, critical pieces, journal entries, letters, worknotes and at least one simple list make visible and audible an openwork of embodied voices in conversation... (Introduction by the editor). Work by Anne-Marie Albiach, Joe Bousquet, Danielle Collobert, Edith Dahan, Andre du Bouchet, Dominique Fourcade, Liliane Giraudon, Joseph Guglielmi, Emmanuel Hocquard, Roger Laporte, Roger Lewinter, Raquel, Mitsou Ronat, Jacques Roubaud, Agnes Rouzier and Claude Royet-Journoud. There is also a useful section of biographical notes at the end. Recent books by Norma Cole available from SPD are MARS, MOIRA, and CONTRAFACT.

Genres: Poetry

160 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Norma Cole is a poet, painter, and translator. Her most recent books of poetry include Fate News, Actualities, Where Shadows Will, and Win These Posters and Other Unrelated Prizes Inside. Her translations from French include Danielle Collobert’s It Then, the anthology Crosscut Universe: Writing on Writing from France, and Jean Daive’s White Decimal. Cole lives and works in San Francisco.

Reviews

[Philip Coulter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Emmanuel Hocquard is brilliant. I love reading Roubaud too.

An interview with Jean Daive and Albiach was interesting, even if it didn't bring me much closer to understanding her poetry.