Delft Blue & Objects of the World
Archives I and II
- Publisher
- Guernica Editions
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2013
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550717990
- Publish Date
- Oct 2013
- List Price
- $20.00
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Description
Archives are often depicted as musty repositories, museum cellars, warehouses shoring up retaining walls against forgetfulness and the inevitable erosions of time. Objects deposited in the archives are tucked away for safekeeping. But Louise Warren? archives are not file boxes or document lockers. They are not relegated to closed cabinets in locked rooms. They are where writing goes and what writing does.
About the authors
Karen McPherson is associate professor of French, University of Oregon, president of the Conseil International d'Études Francophones, and author of Incriminations: Guilty Women/Telling Stories.
Editorial Reviews
Louise Warren lives not far from the lake that nourishes her work. That silence like an overturned bowl. The bluish luminosity of a certain dawn. The particular sound of footsteps crossing the ice. Each time I open this book (Objets du monde), I step outside myself in order to enter the world of poetic reflection. “Dany Laferrire.
