Detour

by Sacha Archer

Dao, in the context of the Dao De Jing, is traditionally translated as the Way. This can be understood as a path (away from paths). Here, the text of the Dao De Jing has been sent on a detour through automatic internet translators. Each section of the Dao De Jing was cumulatively translated 81 times, taking a cue from the text, which has 81 sections, displaying a fidelity to the auspicious number.

96 pages, Paperback

Published July 13, 2017

About the author

Sacha Archer is a Canadian writer and concrete poet. His most recent book is Second Sight published by Redfox Press. Some of Archer’s other publications include Havana Syndrome (The Blasted Tree), Sweet Sixteen (Zimzalla), cellsea (Timglaset), Empty Building (Penteract Press), Mother’s Milk (Timglaset), which was included on CBC’s best poetry books of 2020 list, Perverse Density (above/ground press) and In Remembrance of Lost Children (Paper View Books). He was a judge for the Hamilton Literary Awards for numerous years and is currently a judge for Grain Magazine’s hybrid/experimental writing contest.