From Pierre Joris translations of Paul Celan's "Microliths they are, little stones" poethead.wordpress.com/2019/02/02/m...

Pierre's translation work on Celan was profound and meticulous. I will miss him.

#poets #PierreJoris #PaulCelan #Microliths

RIP Pierre, Image Charles Bernstein

Frontispiece of the book Microliths They Are, Little Stones by Paul Clean: Shards of stone, they look like tools.

Microliths They Are, Little Stones,
Posthumous Prose
by Paul Celan
#En Trans. by Pierre Joris
Contra Mundum Press, 2020
#Microliths #TranslatedPoetry #Frontispiece

Fun fact footnote:

The #BadDürrenberg "shaman" was buried with a very special #crane bones as well - a hollow one serving as container for #microliths (tiny precise stone blades), put in & taken out through a small opening.

#FindsFriday: Hollow crane bone from the #Mesolithic burial (c. 9,000 years ago) of the so-called #Shamaness from #BadDürrenberg - a container for #microliths (tiny precise stone blades), put in & taken out through a small opening.

Yes, that’s your prehistoric @xacto knife. 😉