Like a lover who sets her fear ablaze until nothing is left but a small pile of embers, I love how leaves and vines grow through the sweetness of tears, in the center of the face, in its astonishment. Light. Serenity, the echo that the voice discovers as it ventures along new paths. Learning to speak my father’s name with a smile, to consent, to stand firm before the pealing of the church bells, separate. And memory packs away its shrouds, the body surrendering to those summer gardens.
is a poet, literary translator, and professor emerita of French at the University of Oregon. Her poetry and translations have ap- peared in literary journals including Beloit Poetry Journal, Descant, Cider Press Review, Zoland Poetry, and Potomac Review. She is the author of two books of poetry: SkeinofLight (Airlie Press, 2014) and SketchingElise (Finishing Line, 2012). She has also published two scholarly monographs and a book-length translation of Louise Warren’s DelftBlueandObjectsoftheWorld (Guernica Editions, 2013). She is currently completing a translation of Louise Dupré’s Tout près (Éd. du Noroît, 1998).
is the author of twelve volumes of poetry, including Toutprès (1998), Plus haut que les flammes (2010), and La main hantée (2016), all from Editions du Noroît. She is the author of two novels, two plays, a collection of short stories, a memoir, and a volume of critical essays. She’s received the Governor General’s Award for Poetry twice, in 2011 for Plus haut que les flammes and in 2017 for La main hantée. Dupré’s work has been widely translated; both of her novels and her collected short stories are available in English translation. In addition, Guernica Editions published an anthology of her poetry, and her play Tout comme elle (2006) has been staged both in French and in English.
