The Golden Book of Words Vladimir Aristov

The Golden Book of Words Vladimir AristovBernadette Mayer This landmark early book (its original printing by Angel Hair Books was 750 copies, and they are now extremely rare) by the late great Bernadette Mayer is finally available again, both as a tribute and a joy to read. Mayer was a marvelous poet in every stage of her long and prolific writing life, but many fans especially relish her restless, powerful, sexy, and erudite early work. One of her signal elements is a certain deadpan wit,

the poetic self

in a process of listening that's both a 'pledge of silence' and the recognition that 'we come to a limit and stop where it fits

his modesty and his thoughtfulness

and republished Leaves of Grass

Nu richt hij zich tot de wereld van de dingen

In Emilie Moorhouse's astonishingly fresh translations

[…] Een absoluut hoogtepunt uit de Nederlandstalige lyriek van de 20ste eeuw

Listen My Friend

Esther Kondo Heller

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