{"product_id":"emerald-wounds-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Mansour\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEmilie Moorhouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEmilie Moorhouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRediscover Joyce Mansour, the most significant Surrealist poet to emerge from 1950s Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You know very well, Joyce, that you are for me--and very objectively too--the greatest poet of our time. Surrealist poetry, that's you.\"\u003cb\u003e--André Breton \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Mansour, a Syrian Jewish exile from Egypt, was 25 years old when she published her first book in Paris in 1953. Her fierce, macabre, erotically charged works caught the eye of André Breton, who welcomed her into his Surrealist group and became her lifelong friend and ally. Despite her success in surrealist circles, her books received scant attention from the literary establishment, which is hardly surprising since Mansour's favorite topics happened to be two of society's greatest fears: death and unfettered female desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, over half a century later, Mansour's time has come. \u003ci\u003eEmerald Wounds \u003c\/i\u003ecollects her most important work, spanning the entire arc of her career, from the gothic, minimalist fragments of her first published work to the serpentine power of her poems of the 1980s. In fresh new translations, Mansour's voice surges forth uncensored and raw, communicating the frustrations, anger, and sadness of an intelligent, worldly woman who defies the constraints and oppression of a male-dominated society. Mansour is a poet the world needs today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Mansour \u003c\/b\u003e(author) was born in England in 1928 to a Jewish family of Syrian descent who moved to Egypt when she was still an infant. Mansour was part of the inner circle of Surrealists, a close friend of André Breton, and the most significant poet to join the group after World War II. She wrote 16 books of poetry, as well as prose, works, and plays. She lived in Paris, France until her death in 1986 at age of 58.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmilie Moorhouse\u003c\/b\u003e (translator \u0026amp; co-editor) holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Raised in a French-speaking household in Toronto, Canada, she now lives in Montreal where she works as a teacher, writer, translator, and environmentalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarrett Caples\u003c\/b\u003e (editor) is a poet and an editor for City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series. He is also the co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems of Philip Lamantia\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003ePreserving Fire: Selected Prose by Philip Lamantia\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eLovers of Today\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). He lives in San Francisco, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 219\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47352706334969,"sku":"9780872869011","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/GHmKvv5tHn9780872869011.webp?v=1769815500","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/emerald-wounds-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}