another link which will take you to some interesting poets such as
Pierre Alferi and Lilianne Giraudon abd Josef Gigliemi and Emanuel
Hocquard etc is:
http://www.pol-editeur.fr/catalogue/
On May 14, 2007, at 2:42 PM, Jane Holland wrote:
> Thanks for the help I've received so far, particularly back-
> channel. For any others who might be interested in this topic,
> these are some of the French sites mentioned to me by Jim Barron:
>
> www.societedespoetesfrancais.asso.fr
> www.printempsdespoetes.com
> www.poesie.net
> www.lecoindespoetes.com
> www.lecercledespoetes.com
> www.amis-verlaine.net
>
> I followed a link from the printemps site to a very interesting
> site from Jean-Michel Maulpoix at, I think, maulpoix.net, with some
> lengthy articles and quotations from contemporary French poets on
> writing in general and the current direction of French poetry. But
> I think my favourite quotation so far, from J-M M himself as I
> recall, was this:
>
> 'On s'interroge sur ce que c'est que ce travail étrange qui conduit
> ŕ aligner pour rien des mots sur du papier.'
>
> Not so dissimilar to my own view of poetry most mornings ...
>
> Best, Jane
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