Buy book one, Traitor Comet! For technical reasons, the first book to come out this year(!) will indeed be Traitor Comet, set from May 1926 – June 1926. I had considered combining it with book two, L’Etoile de Mer (The Starfish), set from September 1926 – May 1927, but the publisher could not bind aContinue reading “The First Novel is Out!”
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From Book 1: Benjamin Peret
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! There were voices outside and someone pounded on the door. Desnos answered it and let in a group of five people. Before any introductions could begin more people walked up, so he left the door open to the warm night air. Some of the people I recognized from earlierContinue reading “From Book 1: Benjamin Peret”
From Book One: Fernand
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! Outside the train station Marseilles greeted me with her heat and her noise and her dirt, so frightening to me as a child. Now I welcomed the jostling crowd, the colorful frocks, the flash of bright eyes and teeth, the smell of sweat and of perfume, the many swaggeringContinue reading “From Book One: Fernand”
From Book 1: Performance at l’Atelier
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! Finally the lights dimmed, along with the patience of the other audience members, whose annoyed glances made everyone shush each other and giggle. Then Roger slipped into the empty seat beside mine. “I said what I did because I assumed you didn’t want to talk about those years,” he whispered.Continue reading “From Book 1: Performance at l’Atelier”
From Book 1: A Night on the rue Blomet
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! There were voices outside and someone pounded on the door. Desnos answered it and let in a group of five people. Before any introductions could begin more people walked up, so he left the door open to the warm night air. Some of the people I recognized from earlierContinue reading “From Book 1: A Night on the rue Blomet”
From Book 1: Teacher’s Pet
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! “How can you keep track of so many people?” I asked. I was already thinking how I could devise a deck of cards to remember them all. Soupault, with his lamppost, was the ace, and Desnos was the joker, of course. I figured Artaud for the king, Péret for theContinue reading “From Book 1: Teacher’s Pet”
From Book 1: Ganymede
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! Roger looked around in disgust as we sagged over our food. Génica rested her elbows on the table, holding her sloshing cup in one hand and leaning her cheek in the other, her lashes trembling then jerking upward, only to flutter again. Desnos rubbed his eyes, then put onContinue reading “From Book 1: Ganymede”
From Book 1: Men vs. Women, Part 3
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! Justine trudged up to the back door, turned to fix Louis with a shriveling look, and went in. “Ah, it’s their turn to cook!” Louis cried, and got up to follow her. I meandered over to the kitchen window to spy, and Artaud was at my side. “AreContinue reading “From Book 1: Men vs. Women, Part 3”
From Book 1: Language
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! Suddenly his lids closed and his head fell peacefully against the chair and remained there. His breathing stretched, settling into a steady rhythm. I waited but he didn’t speak again. Like a sage he sat there, hands folded, lips pushed aside a bit from the pressure of the cushion onContinue reading “From Book 1: Language”
From Book 1: Correspondence with Jacque Riviere
Buy book one, Traitor Comet! An idea occurred to me that I long resisted but find very attractive… Why don’t we publish, instead of your poems, our correspondence? I have reread it, and your January 29 letter is particularly remarkable. Perhaps we should include a bit of your poetry, or your essay on Uccello? TheContinue reading “From Book 1: Correspondence with Jacque Riviere”
Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos 