Keeping / The Window Open: Interviews, Statements, Alarms, Excursions Laura Jaramillo Willem Jan Otten

Willem Jan Otten

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The undoing is tender

her poems are impassioned

this bilingual edition—featuring a new introduction by Valzhyna Mort and Greg Nissan’s superbly-tuned translation—invites English-language readers into the “guest room” of poetry

Keeping / The Window Open: Interviews, Statements, Alarms, Excursions Laura Jaramillo Willem Jan Ottened. Ben Lerner A rich array of materials coalesce here into a vibrant portrait, in text and image, of two extraordinary artists and collaborators. For nearly sixty years, the Waldrops have influenced multiple generations of writers through their own poetry and fiction, translations, teaching, and their press, Burning Deck, which published some of the most influential authors of late twentieth century avant garde literature. This collection seeks to