I was pleased to discover last Saturday Market of poetry is a curious object I thought some time ago and which starts today, thanks to the wonderful work of Hapax editions, published poem of his life. Limited edition of one hundred copies edition but still. What makes me upset the order of my list of potential titles for today cause of that one .*
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What does he say this title: Bristol s (with a small "s" at the end is important)?
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Initially, when I designed it and "talk" - by Martine Aboucaya through exposure Oulipo (December 2005-January 2006) - the title was Bristol (s) . But I also published the little book in 2006 Comment (s) , which also takes a " (s) " terminal, and who also plays with the ambiguity French-English (whatever manner different). So it was necessary to avoid repetition, find another way to express plurality: it was this little s .
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A stock is a "strong white paper, used for drawing business cards" we said Robert. But before that, he warns **: "1867 ***, the name of the city."
Named after the city ...
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course, it is on this game is that my poem combinatorics (combinatorics because 99 to which are printed on card stock that is 99 can be mixed at will, the reading order in which results for reading 99! (99 factorial) possible versions of the poem).
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The poem is written on card stock but also Bristol, a city that, for reasons detectable in the poem, I've never seen ****, which allows me to talk about Bristols potential belonging to the "parallel universe" almost that, so I never know. Is that clear?
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* Not that I talk a lot these days, you know. But hey ...
** Oxford.
*** I take this dating lexical to say here my admiration for the book by Michelle Grangaud just published in POL: Time crossed ; a marvel.
**** But a "Bristol" is also a business card ...
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