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by Joyce Mansour; Emilie Moorhouse (Editor); Emilie Moorhouse (Translator)

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Rediscover Joyce Mansour, the most significant Surrealist poet to emerge from 1950s Paris.

"You know very well, Joyce, that you are for me--and very objectively too--the greatest poet of our time. Surrealist poetry, that's you."--Andr Breton

Joyce Mansour, a Syrian Jewish exile from Egypt, was 25 years old when she published her first book in Paris in 1953. Her fierce, macabre, erotically charged works caught the eye of Andr Breton, who welcomed her into his Surrealist group and became her lifelong friend and ally. Despite her success in surrealist circles, her books received scant attention from the literary establishment, which is hardly surprising since Mansour's favorite topics happened to be two of society's greatest fears: death and unfettered female desire.

Now, over half a century later, Mansour's time has come. Emerald Wounds collects her most important work, spanning the entire arc of her career, from the gothic, minimalist fragments of her first published work to the serpentine power of her poems of the 1980s. In fresh new translations, Mansour's voice surges forth uncensored and raw, communicating the frustrations, anger, and sadness of an intelligent, worldly woman who defies the constraints and oppression of a male-dominated society. Mansour is a poet the world needs today.

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  • Title Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems
  • Author Joyce Mansour; Emilie Moorhouse (Editor); Emilie Moorhouse (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 219
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher City Lights Books, San Francisco, CA
  • Publication date 2023-07-25
  • Features Bilingual
  • ISBN 9780872869011 / 0872869016
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (21.34 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Holiday: Valentine's Day
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress subjects Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2022054291
  • Dewey Decimal Code 841.914

About the author

Joyce Mansour (author) was born in England in 1928 to a Jewish family of Syrian descent who moved to Egypt when she was still an infant. Mansour was part of the inner circle of Surrealists, a close friend of Andr Breton, and the most significant poet to join the group after World War II. She wrote 16 books of poetry, as well as prose, works, and plays. She lived in Paris, France until her death in 1986 at age of 58.

Emilie Moorhouse (translator & co-editor) holds an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Raised in a French-speaking household in Toronto, Canada, she now lives in Montreal where she works as a teacher, writer, translator, and environmentalist.

Garrett Caples (editor) is a poet and an editor for City Lights Books, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series. He is also the co-editor of the Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia, editor of Preserving Fire: Selected Prose by Philip Lamantia, and author of the poetry collection Lovers of Today (2021). He lives in San Francisco, CA.

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