Ropewalk makes an acrobatic journey through the structures of history and language. Reminiscent of the work of Adrienne Rich and Gertrude Stein, Carr’s poems are compelling and challenging. At the core of the book lies a suite of poems that artfully revises the biography of sixteenth-century poet Louise Labé. Carr’s subtle skills bring language, ideas, memory and silences into a brilliant and highly original constellation.
isbn: 0973943823 / 9780973943825 │ 10.00 │ 6 x 6 inches │ 96 pages │ 2006
Angela Carr lives in Montreal. Ropewalk is her first book.
“These poems are fascinating, difficult as stories constructed ‘under customs of cut and paste’ require a different kind of seeing. They meditate on history, dream, and autobiography as woven together, threads in the ropewalk, over which we traverse the abyss of the past, propelled by desire, memory and imagination.”
— Mary di Michele
