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Poasis
Selected Poems, 1986-1999
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by Pierre Joris
Wesleyan University Press
Due/Published
March 2001, 216 pages,
paper
ISBN
0819564354
Pierre Joris's poems are characterized by an arresting mix of passion and intellect, by what Pound called "language charged with meaning." For Joris, a language is always a second language, and his poetry takes as its main concern the question of marginality and exile. He is unique in being an American poet comfortable in three languages, and his work is filled with dynamic language play, cross-linguistic puns, and themes of speculation on language, translation, and nomadism. Poasis, Joris's first major publication in the United States, highlights his work since the mid-1980s. |
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