The field is lethal by Suzanne Doppelt and translated by Cole Swensen

This is poetry from France.

The field is lethal by Suzanne Doppelt translated by Cole Swensen is published by Counterpath Press. This is a Book originally written in French. This was published in 2010.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781933996202E12.

The Field Is Lethal, by Suzanne Doppelt and translated by Cole Swensen, has a title that turns landscape into danger. A field is usually open, pastoral, or observational; here it is lethal, charged with threat or experiment. Doppelt’s French work often crosses poetry, visual art, and conceptual practice, while Swensen’s translation is especially suited to writing that depends on precise strangeness. I would read this book for the pressure between image and hazard, between looking and being implicated by what is seen. The field might be photographic, agricultural, historical, or perceptual. Whatever it is, it is not neutral ground. This sounds like poetry for readers who like the page to become both lens and trap.

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