Description
About the Author
Pierre Joris is a Professor of English at SUNY, Albany and an acclaimed translator and editor. as well as the author of many books of poetry. He is coeditor of UC Press's highly successful first two volumes in the Poems for the Millennium series. Habib Tengour is a poet, editor, translator, anthropologist, and novelist. He is editor of xuvres poetiques completes de Mohammed Dib.
Reviews
"This book is the most important contribution to world literature for this year... Every page shocks with different energy." -- Grace Cavalieri Washington Independent Rev "With ingenious translations and informative commentaries, Joris and Tengour . . make palpable that this region is a wellspring of the culture we value in the West. In so doing, they restore to us missing parts of the 'cradle' of our civilization." -- Charles Bernstein Artforum "A 'must own' item." Silliman's Blog "Their book comes at a time when there are a slew of English titles published on the Arab world, but unlike the majority of them, this volume actually encourages cultural appreciation. I could wax rhapsodic about these poems for months." -- Alexis Coe SF Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9780520273856
Author Pierre Joris
Format Paperback
Page Count 792
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 1043g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 41mm