Poetry. "The game is grammatical, but the arrow hits: a real corpse decomposes. Between repetition, tautology and quotation, falls dead silence. What seems a sort of ready-made language (in which Charles Bernstein's playfulness matches Cadiot's) turns out to be a carnival on top of 'catastrophe/catastrophic.' Need I add: a poem for our time?" -Rosmarie Waldrop.

Red, Green & Black

Literature & Fiction

Cadiot, Olivier

Poetry

Potes & Poets Press

Art Poetique (Sun & Moon Classics)

Sun Moon Pr

A new book of poetry by one of the major young French poets.

Art Poetic' (Green Integer)

Green Integer

Poetry. Translated from the French by Cole Swensen. A shipwreck. A desert Island. A Robinson. And the fragile line between memory and invention. A child's game. A bird guide. And step-by-step instructions for becoming a saint. In short, all you need to survive. This is a survivor's tale, complete with the doubt and derision that always greets such unusual cases. "Shh! Don't tell! Robinson Crusoe [or dead ringer] meets Comedy Francaise [division of poetry] in Cole Swensen's effervescent ["that's it exactly it"] translation of. Cadiot's witty. and majestice [don't take my word for it], yet stark FUTURE, FORMER, FUGITIVE. Find out what Paris already knows but holds tight to its tongue [best on bagatelle]: poetry is not safe with Cadiot at large"--Charles Bernstein. See also Cadiot's RED, GREEN & BLACK and ART POETIC', now available from SPD.

Future, Former, Fugitive

Roof Books

Is he a madman or the best butler you’ve ever seen? This novel, by French writer Olivier Cadiot—author of Art Poetic’ (Green Integer, 1999)—is a madcap romp into issues of servitude, espionage, and escape. Translated by Cole Swensen, winner of the 2004 PEN-West Translation Award.

Colonel Zoo (Green Integer)

Literary

A Mage in Summer

History & Criticism

Dialogos / Lavender Ink

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