Plainwater Permanent Record Van veraf of van heel

Van veraf of van heel dichtbij aanschouwen we de grote oversteek

while also pointing the way to the conditions that produce black poetic music

often seedy aspects of music

The poet seems to say through those that came before him: identity lies in erasure

Marosa di Giorgio uses the recurring setting of a garden as a stage for the ongoing encounter of nature and the supernatural

Plainwater Permanent Record Van veraf of van heelAnne Carson The poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as "the most exciting poet writing in English today." Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions. Carson envisions a present day interview with a seventh century BC poet, and offers