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Mythmaking
The Mythological Poetry of Robert Desnos, translated by Todd Sanders and Oonagh Taeger
ISBN:978-0-9679429-4-0
catalog number: aan06.1
$19.95US + $3.00s/h (US Orders) or $7.50 (Foreign Orders)
96 pgs. illustrated hardcover. limited edition of 200 copies
An anthology of poems in original French with English translations.
Illustrated by Elise Soroka of Pocket Skeleton.
from the back cover ...
Mythmaking collects Robert Desnos' mythologically
themed poems - Le Fard des Argonauts (1919), Minotaure
(1930), Bacchus et Apollon (1942), Le Satyr (1942), and the
extended poem Le Bain avec Andromde (1944) - several
of which appear in English for the first time.
These poems span the writing career of Robert Desnos,
from his early beginning as a founding Surrealist through
the 1940's when he joined the Resistance against the Vichy
Government and wrote poetry opposing the German
Occupation of France.
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Calixto
by Robert Desnos, read by Todd Sanders, music by Tracy Mortimore
catalog number: aan04.2
$5.00US + $1.00 s/h (US Orders) or $3.00 (Foreign Orders)
CD
This live recording took place on May 1st, 2004 in Pittsburgh. Todd Sanders reads from his translation of 'Calixto' accompanied by double-bassist Tracy Mortimore. This CD includes a reading of the complete text.
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Calixto
by Robert Desnos, translated by Todd Sanders
ISBN:0-9679429-3-4
catalog number: aan04.1
$19.95 + $3.00 s/h (US Orders) or $7.50 (Foreign Orders)
64 pgs. hardcover. limited edition of 200 copies
In original French with English translations.
from the back cover ...
Robert Desnos' 1943 poem Calixto, companion to the 1944 collection Contrée, was published in a complete edition by Gallimard in 1962. Calixto is a poem of resistance, epic in scale, combining a narrative language of classicism and Greek mythology with the argot of 1940's Paris. In a world peopled with prostitutes and explorers, victims and murders, Desnos fuses together a poetic elegy, a cry in the darkness against evil unleashed on the world.
Also appearing in this volume is Notes Calixto, notes and commentary written by Desnos in the margins of Calixto during its creation.
"Inspiring in this skillful English translation by Todd Sanders as it is in the original French, Calixto conveys Desnos's vivid portrayal of a changeable figure eager to encourage human beings to cling to their lives and their humanity in the face of tremendous odds"
- Katharine Conley - Author of The Marvelous in Everyday Life: Robert Desnos, Surrealism, and French Culture
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The Secret Book for Youki and Other Poems
by Robert Desnos, translated by Todd Sanders
ISBN:0-9679429-2-6
catalog number: aan01.1
$22.95 + $3.00 s/h (US Orders) or $7.50 (Foreign Orders)
64 pgs. hardcover. limited edition of 200 copies
25 poems in original French with English translations.
from the back cover ...
Christened Youki, Japanese for 'pink snow', Lucie Badoul lived in Montparnasse in the 1920's and 30's where she was a model for, and later wife of, the Japanese painter Tsuguharu Foujita.
On October 31, 1931, after a long and stormy relationship with Youki, Foujita left for Brazil, leaving her the following farewell note - 'I don't have any more strength to fight in Paris .... Let me have the simple life which I dream of .... You now have a faithful friend, Robert .... who has taken my place and for him you are the dearest person in the world.'
The poems in this volume have been taken from two collections that Desnos wrote for Youki: The Secret Book for Youki composed in November of 1932, and selections from 1930 Youki Poèsie, completed in 1934.
These are love poems for Youki as well as poems about what it means to love.
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The Circle and the Star
by Robert Desnos, translated by Todd Sanders
ISBN:0-9679429-0-X
catalog number: aan00.1
$70.00 + $3.00 s/h (US Orders) or $7.50 (Foreign Orders)
64 pgs. letterpress hardcover with handprinted woodcut illustrations. limited edition of 100 copies, signed by translator
18 poems in original French with English translations, with four original woodcut illustrations by Elise Soroka (of Pocket Skeleton) and Sarah Marshall.
Robert Desnos (1900-1945) was one of the Surrealist movement's leading poets, praised by Andre Breton for playing a "necessary, unforgettable role." Combining humor and pathos, dreams and reality, Desnos work is typified by its verbal techniques and independent spirit. In 1930 he broke from the Surrealists and for a decade wrote motion picture and radio scripts, including the highly successful Complainte de Fantomas (1933). Arrested for his activity in the French Resistance, he was eventually deported to Czechoslovakia and died of typhus shortly after his camp was liberated.
For an article on The Circle and the Star published in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, click here.
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Fragmentare\Mythology
by Todd Sanders and Elise Soroka
catalog number: aan99.1
Out of Print
28 pgs. hand bound softcover. limited edition of 26 copies, signed by author and illustrator.
13 mythological-poetic pieces by Todd Sanders with accompanying pen and ink illustrations by Elise Soroka. This book is a limited artist edition of 26 copies
Todd Sanders lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has two books of poetry published by the Air and Nothingness Press - Underland (aan97.2) and Lack River (aan98.1).
Elise Soroka is a painter and freelance illustrator working in Washington, DC. Her web site features many of her works.
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Lack River
by Todd Sanders
catalog number: aan98.1
Out of Print
54 pgs. paperback.
Prose poetry.
Todd Sanders lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has two books of poetry published by the Air and Nothingness Press - Underland (aan97.2) and Lack River (aan98.1)
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Underland
by Todd Sanders
catalog number: aan97.2
Out of Print
54 pgs. paperback.
Prose poetry.
Todd Sanders lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has two books of poetry published by the Air and Nothingness Press - Underland (aan97.2) and Lack River (aan98.1).
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