its decisively modern inflections
Is Not is the kind of book that takes a lifetime to write – a book of the spirit made manifest by the poet’s unrelenting gaze and her intimate engagement with the mysteries that keep us reaching
Restlessly inquisitive
somehow continually recreating its own time and space beyond the page
to create joy despite (or to spite) those forces that would conspire against it
The Parley Tree ed. Patrick Williamson (Bilingual English/French) Arc Publications its decisively modern inflectionsFeaturing the work of Mohammed Dib, Habib Tengour, Paul Dakeyo, Nimrod, Alain Mabanckou, Tchicaya U Tam'si, Kama Sywor Kamanda, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Tanella Boni, Venus Khoury Ghata, Edouard Maunick, Khal Torabully, Abdellatif Labi, Babacar Sall, Tahar Bekri, Shams Nadir, Amina Sad Edited, translated and introduced by Patrick Williamson Part of our Anthologies in Translation series edited by Jean Boase Beier Poetry is one of the major forms of