René Char(1907-1988) was hailed by Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as “the greatest French poet of the 20th century.” He was a man of action—a hero of the French Resistance and a militant anti-nuclear protester. Char’s poems are infused with mystery and music. Nancy Naomi Carlson is a winner of a literature translation fellowship from the NEA, as well as grants from the Maryland Arts Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County. She is the author of Stone Lyre: Poems of René Char (Tupelo Press, 2010).
Spring 2015
Sade, Love Finally Saved from the Mud of the Sky, This Legacy Will Suffice for Men Against Hunger
The pure blood overjoyed at the rose garden Torched mental temptress