Actualities

by Norma Cole

http://www.nomados.org/nomados.htm

24 pages, stapled

First published May 1, 2012

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

[Louis Cabri]

Some linee can show a fine music in them:

Clear night

heavy water, any
water, clearly no one

Or:

and I saw
a few times
what some thought
they saw

I think of Creeley in these moments.

[Greg Bem · Rating 4 out of 5]

A challenging and brief book displaying beautifully exquisite words and transformative images. This was my first experience of Cole's writing and I look forward to it unlocking more engagement with her work going forward.