The Backtalking Back of Words - Paperback

McPherson, Karen: - Karen McPherson is a poet, translator, and professor emerita of French literature at the University of Oregon. She is the author of the poetry collection Skein of Light and the chapbooks Sketching Elise and Long for This World. In 2023 she published Up Close, a translation of a volume of poetry by Québec poet Louise Dupré. Her scholarly work includes essays on Nicole Brossard's writing, making her a particularly fitting translator for this collection. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.Brossard, Nicole: - Nicole Brossard is a seminal poet from Québec and a vital force in feminist modernism. She has published more than thirty books of poetry, fiction, and essays since 1965. A two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, she has also been the recipient of the Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award, the prestigious Prix Athanase-David, the Prix Gilles-Corbeil, the Molson Prize, and the Blue Metropolis Violet Literary Prize. In 2010 she was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Her work has been widely translated into English, Spanish, Japanese, and other languages. Among her books: Mauve Desert, Museum of Bone and Water, The Aerial Letter.