Gestuary by Sylvie Kandé and translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson

This is poetry from France.

Gestuary by Sylvie Kandé translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson is published by Seagull Books. This is a Book originally written in French. This was published in 2026.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781803096087E12.

Gestuary, translated from the French by Nancy Naomi Carlson, brings Sylvie Kandé’s French-language work into English through Seagull Books. Published in 2026, it is best approached as a book of encounter rather than as a book to solve. Kandé’s title suggests a dictionary of gesture, where the body speaks before language can organize itself into explanation. Biography and context may deepen the experience, but they do not need to stand in the doorway. Let the poem arrive first, then let the questions follow. Translation here becomes less a matter of loss than of new access: a voice from France finding another set of nerves in English.

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