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editor’s note
The editor is enormously grateful for help received from so many quarters.
This publication would never have been possible without generous funding from
the Florence Gould Foundation, the French Ministry of Foreign A√airs, and the
Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. My thanks to Yves
Mabin and Agnès Young, of the Division de l’écrit et des médiathèques at the
Ministère des a√aires étrangères, and in particular to Olivier Brossard; to John
Young, of the Florence Gould Foundation; and to the Research Foundation of
the City University of New York. At Yale University Press, the ongoing enthusi-
asm of my editor, John Kulka, proved crucial at every point, as was the assistance
of Karen Gangel, Mary Traester, and Lauren Shapiro. My warm thanks to Maggie
Nelson for her comments on contemporary American poetry, and to the French
poets who have made me feel at home in their poems over so many years.
Mariana Shackne, here in New York, deserves thanks for her tireless e√orts and
patience. Above all, I am grateful to all the poets, publishers, and rights holders,
whose contributions were invaluable. Of course the labor, time, and generosity of
the translators far exceed any remarks or mention I can o√er here. What to say
but thank you.