acknowledgments
Jean Grosjean
‘‘L’Aïeul,’’ ‘‘Désert à l’essai,’’ from Cantilènes, ∫ Éditions Gallimard, 1998. Reprinted by
permission of Éditions Gallimard.
‘‘The Ancestor,’’ ‘‘Trial Desert,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws and Patricia Terry. Printed by
permission of Mary Ann Caws and Patricia Terry.
Eugène Guillevic
‘‘Quand il eut regardé,’’ ‘‘Je ne parle pas,’’ from Exécutoire, ∫ Éditions Gallimard, 1947.
Reprinted by permission of Éditions Gallimard.
‘‘When He’d Looked Hard,’’ trans. by Hoyt Rogers. Printed by permission of Hoyt
Rogers. ‘‘I Don’t Speak,’’ trans. by Denise Levertov, from Guillevic: Selected Poems, ∫ New
Directions Publishing Corporation, 1968. Reprinted by permission of New Directions
Publishing Corporation.
Anne Hérbert
‘‘Je suis la terre... ,’’ from Poèmes, ∫ Éditions du Seuil, 1960. Reprinted by permission
by Éditions du Seuil. ‘‘Terre originelle,’’ from Poètes d’aujourd’hui, ∫ Seghers, 1969. Re-
printed by permission of Seghers.
‘‘I Am Earth and Water,’’ trans. by Marilyn Hacker. Printed by permission of Marilyn
Hacker. ‘‘Earth at Its Origin,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws. Printed by permission of Mary
Ann Caws.
Emmanuel Hocquard
Excerpts from ‘‘À Noël’’ (I, II, III, XXV), from Un test de solitude, ∫ P.O.L., 1998. ‘‘Trois
leçons de morale,’’ from Les Dernières Nouvelles, ∫ P.O.L., 1979. Reprinted by permission
of P.O.L.
Excerpts from ‘‘At Christmas’’ (I, II, III, XXV), trans. by Rosmarie Waldrop, from A
Test of Solitude, ∫ Burning Deck Press, 1998. Reprinted by permission of Burning Deck
Press. ‘‘Three Moral Tales,’’ trans. by Michael Palmer, from The Random House Book of
Twentieth Century French Poetry, ∫ Random House, Inc., 1982. Reprinted by permission
of Michael Palmer.
Michel Houellebecq
‘‘Dans l’air limpide,’’ from Le Sens du combat, ∫ Éditions Gallimard, 1996. Reprinted
by permission of Éditions Gallimard.
‘‘In the Limpid Air,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws. Printed by permission of Mary Ann
Caws.
Radovan Ivsic
‘‘Mavena,’’ from Collection S, leaflet series, ∫ Éditions Maintenant, 1972. Reprinted by
permission of Radovan Ivsic.
‘‘Mavena,’’ trans. by Mary Ann Caws. Printed by permission of Mary Ann Caws.