Psalms Of All My Days by Patrice de and translated by Jennifer Grotz

This is poetry from France.

Psalms Of All My Days by Patrice de translated by Jennifer Grotz is published by Carnegie Mellon. This is a Book originally written in French. This was published in 2013.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780887485725E12.

Psalms Of All My Days, translated from the French by Jennifer Grotz, brings Patrice de’s French-language work into English through Carnegie Mellon. Published in 2013, it is best approached as a book of encounter rather than as a book to solve. The title gives daily life a devotional frame, as though each day might require its own small psalm of endurance or praise. A useful way into the book is to listen for what the translation makes possible: not a perfect replacement of the original, but a new body of sound. The poems carry France into English without becoming a cultural brochure. They ask for attention, and they reward the reader who lets uncertainty remain useful.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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