Hélène Bessette and the Roman du vide ...

The first time I mistranslated Hélène BessetteI called her poet and not novelist. I guess I was confusedBy her lines except that they seemed to me, and still do,To contain some of the most important v...

“Can we remove a person’s writing from their heritage and expect outsiders to comprehend cultural subtleties—do they remain understood?”

by Carrie Chappell   I know a bed can hold more than a sleeping body. I know a body can hold more than a sleeping girl. Parts of me, like branches, have always been erect, Have never slumbered. Under...

Poet, essayist, translator, editor, and educator, Carrie Chappell searches futilely for the lost work of Hélène Bessette in this poem.

Or a shadow in the pan.

YouTube video by Carrie Chappell

« Écrivaines ouvrières, paysannes et précaires. Contribution à une histoire littéraire de l’émancipation au XXe siècle » Journée d’études Université de Lille - Campus Pont-de-bois 3 décembre 2025 Mais...

Accursed would you go as far as to covetyour neighbor’s long-gone past...Melancholy this sixth sense!No the appetite for things ebbingalready leaves a