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Rene Char
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
First, Grant Snider provides some (mostly) encouraging words in “One Page At A Time.” Prompted by author Colleen McCullough’s shallow-minded obituary in the Guardian, Tabitha Blankenbiller uses the Saturday Essay for…
Hypnos by René Char Translated by Mark Hutchinson
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Mark Hutchinson's translation of René Char's Hypnos today in Rumpus Poetry.
When the Stonecutter’s Work is Done
Be warned: Char demands much from his reader. His poetry seems to exist in a limbo, where emotion and intellect meet with startling results. His labyrinthine vision leads the reader…