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Annie Le Brun
Black Sun Lit, 2026
Resuscitating the primordial imperative of French Surrealism, Lunar Ring Finger inhabits the psychic forests of childhood—in "the absence of any known restrictions," as André Breton writes—and manifests a possible future out of visceral marvelousness.
Anna Gréki
Pinsapo Press, Lost & Found, 2024
The daughter of French settlers in Algeria, Anna Gréki (1931-1966) was a poet and activist. She wrote most of the poems included in Algérie, capitale Alger as a political prisoner in Serkadji (Barberousse) prison, where she was incarcerated in 1957-58 for her participation in the struggle for Algerian independence.
Review in The New Left Review
Review in The Markaz Review
Kaveh Akbar
Le Castor Astral, 2024
« Je suis présent et inutile comme un nez qu'on aurait arraché d'un visage et placé dans un bol. »
Tour à tour, le narrateur de ces poèmes évoque sa vie dans une famille musulmane aux États-Unis, son expérience de l'immigration et son cheminement vers la sobriété.