Plainwater Historiae its insistence that taking the

its insistence that taking the part of things means taking words at their most etymological everydayness

in which “The street was empty/with all of us standing there

And they pray

an anatomist and botanist well-known for his innovative embalming techniques

in his translation--a young evolving poet's tender cri de coeur on the back of Desnos--felt spirit connection to the Jewish poet

Plainwater Historiae its insistence that taking theAnne Carson The poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as "the most exciting poet writing in English today." Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions. Carson envisions a present day interview with a seventh century BC poet, and offers