Ceci N'Est Pas Keith/Ceci N'Est Pas Rosmarie [Paperback]

Rosmarie Waldrop (Author), Keith Waldrop (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1886224498 | ISBN-13: 978-1886224490 | Publication Date: January 18, 2002

Autobiography. Poetry. CECI N'EST PAS KEITH/CECI N'EST PAS ROSMARIE contains separate autobiographical reports from these two legendary writers, long-time companions, and occasional collaborators. Rosmarie meditates on early years in Germany during WWII and the way her world was changed, first by a bombing raid, then by learning about the Nazi regime, and finally by her emigration to the U.S. Keith wanders from a Mid-Western childhood, through a Southern fundamentalist high school, into college as a pre-med student, then on to encounters in Michigan, New England, and Europe. From the Keith section: "I can say of this work...nothing here is absolutely true, and none of it is entirely false." From the Rosmarie section: "No text has one single author in any case. The blank page is not blank."

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Two poets co-founders of Burning Deck press, professors in Brown University's writing program, prolific translators (and spouses to boot) Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop tell the stories of their writing lives in Ceci n'est pas Keith Ceci n'est pas Rosmarie. Keith: "With neither great and wonderful actions nor any sense of glory to report, I write this or maybe it's these against decay of remembrance." Rosmarie: "Turning a `Noh' mask slightly downward is known as `clouding' because the mask takes on a melancholy aspect. `Light cannot be wrong'.... Still, I circle like a moth until the blinding splendor will exceed the anxiety of wings." Readers will disagree with the first statement, and find the second, along with the book that contains it, luminous.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 94 pages
• Publisher: Burning Deck (January 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886224498
• ISBN-13: 978-1886224490
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,404,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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