acknowledgments
Nicole Brossard
‘‘Je veux... ,’’ from Anthologie 80, ∫ Le Castor Astral, 1981. Reprinted by permission of
Le Castor Astral.
‘‘I Want... ,’’ trans. by Marilyn Hacker. Printed by permission of Marilyn Hacker.
Claude de Burine
‘‘Te saluer,’’ from Le Passager ∫ La Bartarelle, 1993, ‘‘Mais quand j’aurai,’’ from L’Arbre
aux oiseaux, ∫ Arc Publications, 2001. Reprinted by permission of Arc Publications.
‘‘Greet You,’’ ‘‘But When I Have,’’ trans. by Martin Sorrell, from Words Have Frozen
Over, ∫ Arc Publications, 2001. Reprinted by permission of Arc Publications.
Olivier Cadiot
‘‘Pourquoi je... ,’’ from Futur, ancien, fugitif, ∫ P.O.L., 1993. Reprinted by permission
of P.O.L. Excerpts from ‘‘Hep!’’ from Rouge, vert & noir, ∫ Potes and Poets Press, 1989.
Reprinted by permission of Potes and Poets Press.
‘‘Why I... ,’’ trans. by Cole Swensen, from Future, Former, Fugitive. Reprinted by
permission of Cole Swensen. Excerpts from ‘‘Psst!’’ from Red, Green & Black, trans. by
Charles Bernstein and Olivier Cadiot, ∫ Potes and Poets Press, 1990. Reprinted by permis-
sion of Potes and Poets Press, with thanks to Charles Bernstein and Olivier Cadiot.
Claude Cahun
‘‘La Sadique Judith,’’ from Il y aura une fois, ∫ Jean-Michel Place, 2002. Reprinted by
permission of Jean-Michel Place.
‘‘Sadistic Judith,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws. Printed by permission of Mary Ann Caws.
Blaise Cendrars
Excerpts from ‘‘Prose du Transsibérien... ,’’ ‘‘Journal,’’ ‘‘Ma danse,’’ ‘‘Lettre,’’ from Dix-
neuf poèmes élastiques, ∫ Éditions Gallimard, 1967. Reprinted by permission of Éditions
Gallimard.
Excerpts from ‘‘The Prose of the Trans-Siberian... ,’’ ‘‘Newspaper,’’ ‘‘My Dance,’’
‘‘Letter,’’ trans. by Ron Padgett, from Blaise Cendrars: Complete Poems, ∫ University of
California Press, 1992. Reprinted by permission of University of California Press and Ron
Padgett.
Aimé Césaire
‘‘Le Cristal automatique,’’ from Les Armes miraculeuses, ∫ Éditions Gallimard, 1946.
Reprinted by permission of Éditions Gallimard. ‘‘An neuf,’’ from Aimé Césaire: La Poésie,
∫ Éditions du Seuil, 1994. Reprinted by permission of Éditions du Seuil.
‘‘The Automatic Crystal,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws and Patricia Terry. Printed by
permission of Mary Ann Caws and Patricia Terry. ‘‘New Year,’’ trans. by Clayton Eshleman
and Annette Smith, from The Collected Poetry of Aimé Césaire, ∫ University of California
Press, 1983. Reprinted by permission of University of California Press.