{"title":"Pierre Joris","description":"Pierre Joris is the author of more than twenty books, most recently h.j.r. (1999) and Winnetou Old (1994), and has translated Paul Celan and Pablo Picasso, among others. With Jerome Rothenberg he co-edited Poems for the Millennium: The University of California Book of Modern \u0026amp; Postmodern Poetry (1995 volume 1, 1998 volume 2). He is Professor of English at SUNY-Albany.","products":[{"product_id":"conversations-in-the-pyrenees-paperback","title":"Conversations in the Pyrenees - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdonis in the Pyrenees: another \"conversation in the mountains\" where a multiplicity of orients and occidents intermingle, where dialogue between Adonis, the major Arab-language poet at work today, and Pierre Joris, nomad poet between the United States, Europe, and North Africa, becomes polylogue, exchanging reflections that range from the destructive role all monotheisms play in history -- in relation to woman, but also to the power structures throughout cultures -- to questions of poetics and the possible role of the spiritual in contemporary poethics. These conversations -- under the general title \"Religion is an answer, poetry a question\" -- took place in June in the small village of Germ-Louron in the French Pyrenees in the context of \"Les Porteurs de Mots \/The Word-Carriers,\" an annual cultural festival organized by Franck Morinière. These conversations were framed by a range of events, musical \u0026amp;\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003etheatrical performances, poetry readings and\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003etalks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdonis dans les Pyrénées\u003c\/strong\u003e: autre \"conversation dans les montagnes\" où une multiplicité d'orients et d'occidents s'entremêlent, où un dialogue entre Adonis, le plus important poète de langage arabe au travail aujourd'hui, et Pierre Joris, poète nomade entre l'Europe, les Etats-Unis et le Maghreb, devient polylogue, échange de réflexions allons du rôle destructeur que jouent tous les monothéismes dans l'histoire -- par rapport à la femme, mais aussi aux structures de pouvoir de toutes les cultures -- à des questions de poétiques et du rôle possible d'une spiritualité dans la poéthique contemporaine. Ces conversations -- sous le titre de \"La religion est une réponse, la poésie une question\" -- eurent lieu en juin 2017 dans le petit village de Germ-Louron dans le Pyrénées dans le contexte d'un festival culturel annuel, \"Les Porteurs de Mots,\" organisé par Franck Morinière. Conversations encadrées par un essaim d'évènements: performances musicales et théâtrales, lectures de poésie, et exposés.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a bilingual English\/French edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376692330719,"sku":"9781940625270","price":17.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6hZKoFlDOd9781940625270.webp?v=1789221708"},{"product_id":"in-between-keep-moving-a-pierre-joris-reader-paperback","title":"In Between Keep Moving: A Pierre Joris Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil now, there has been no single published volume where one might encounter Pierre Joris' writings in all its variegated forms and styles. This reader contains a diverse selection of his work spanning more than a half-century across poetry and prose, poetics, translation and collaboration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking at the tenuous thresholds of writing and translation, Joris navigates the seismic ebb and tide of languages' winding relations in wide constellations of intersecting streams. A translingual writer, Joris cares for and nurtures, nourishes and tends to those precarious word-worlds surrounding us on all sides, which are conditioned by a constant and ongoing translingual flux: the crisscrossing languages that flicker before our ears if only we are listening for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished following the one year anniversary of his death, In Between, Keep Moving: The Pierre Joris Reader stands as an opening toward the continuing life of Joris' work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376752394463,"sku":"9781940625812","price":55.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BuJNlnfRkX9781940625812.webp?v=1789225247"},{"product_id":"poasis-new-and-collected-poems-paperback","title":"Poasis: New and Collected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoasis, Joris's first major publication in the United States, highlights his work since the mid-1980s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePierre Joris's poems are characterized by an arresting mix of passion and intellect, by what Pound called \"language charged with meaning.\" For Joris, a language is always a second language, and his poetry takes as its main concern the question of marginality and exile. He is unique in being an American poet comfortable in three languages, and his work is filled with a dynamic language play, cross-linguistic puns, and themes of speculation on language, translation, and nomadism. Poasis, Joris's first major publication in the United States, highlights his work since the mid-1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378331844831,"sku":"9780819564351","price":20.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ldeXsvUgLB9780819564351.webp?v=1789254420"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/pierre-joris.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}