Pierre Joris has moved between the US, Great Britain, North Africa, France & Luxembourg for close to half a century. He has published over 40 books of poetry, essays and translations, most recently Canto Diurno #4: The Tang Extending from the Blade, an Ahadada ebook. 2010. In 2007 & 2008 he published Aljibar andAljibar II (poems, a bilingual edition with French translation by Eric Sarner, Editions PHI, Luxembourg). Justifying the Margins: Essays 1990-2006 came out in 2009 from SALT in the UK. His 2007 publi-cations are the CD Routes, not Roots (with Munir Beken, oud; Mike Bisio, bass; Ben Chadabe, percussion; & Mitch Elrod, guitar) issued by Ta’wil Productionsand Meditations on the Stations of Mansour Al-Hallaj 1-21(Anchorite Press, Albany). Other translations include Paul Celan: Selections (University of California Press) and 4x1: Work by Tristan Tzara, Rainer Maria Rilke, Jean-Pierre Duprey & Habib Tengour translated by Pierre Joris from Inconundrum Press. With Jerome Rothenberg he edited Poems for the Millennium, vol. 1 & 2: The University of California Book of Modern & Postmodern Poetry. Green Integer published 3 volumes of his Paul Celan translations: Breathturn, Threadsuns and Light-duress (which received the 2005 PEN Poetry Translation Award). He lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn with his wife, the performance artist Nicole Peyrafitte & teaches poetry & poetics at the State University of New York, Albany.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Poetry
Aljibar II. (ibid), Editions PHI, 2008.
Aljibar (bilingual edition with French translation by Eric Sarner), Editions PHI, 2007.
Meditations on the Stations of Mansur Al-Hallaj (1-21),Anchorite Press, 2006.
The Rothenberg Variations, Wild Honey Press, Ireland, 2004.
Permanent Diaspora, Duration Press, 2003.
Poasis (Poems 1986-1999), Wesleyan University Press, 2001.
Out/takes, Backwoods Broadsides Chaplet #46, Ellsworth, Maine 1999.
h.j.r., Earthwind Press, Ann Arbor, MI 1999.
Winnetou Old, Meow Press, Buffalo, NY 1994
Turbulence, St. Lazaire Press, Rhinebeck, NY, 1991.
The Irritation Ditch, Parentheses Writing Series, La Jolla, CA, 1991.
Janus, St. Lazaire Press, Rhinebeck, NY, 1988.
Breccia (Selected Poems 1972-1986), Editions Phi, Echternach, Luxembourg and Station Hill Press, Barrytown, N.Y. 1987.
Good-bye to England, Loot, Peterborough, 1987.
5 Translations from Arthur Rimbaud’s Une Saison en Enfer, (visual poetry), writers forum, London 1984.
Net/Work, Spanner Editions, London 1983.
The Book of Luap Nalec, Ta'wil Press, London 1982.
Tracing, Arc Press, Todmorden, 1982.
The Broken Glass, Pig Press, Durham, 1980.
Body Count, Twisted Wrist, Paris 1979.
The Tassili Connection, Aloes Books, London 1978.
Tanith Flies, Ta'wil Press, London 1978.
Hearth-Work, Hatch Books, Yorkshire 1977 (published together with Allen Fisher's Fire Place as Fire Work).
Antlers I-XI, New London Pride Editions, London 1975.
A Single-Minded Bestiary, Poet & Paesant Press, London 1974.
The Fifth Season, Strange Faeces Press, London 1971.
in translation:
Aljibar and Aljibar II (Poèmes 2000-2005) translated into French by Eric Sarner, Editions PHI, Luxembourg 2007/2008.
Fin-de-siècle Phantombild, translated into German by Nico Helminger, Editions PHI, 2003.
h.j.r. translatedinto French by Eric Sarner. Editions PHI, Luxembourg, 1999.
La dernière traversée de la manche, translated into French by Jean-Paul Junck & Jean Portante, G-R-A-P-H-I-T-I Editeur, Luxembourg & Québec, 1995.
Le livre de Luap Nalec, tr. by Michel Maire, Le Castor Astral, Paris 1986.
A further range of poems has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Romanian and Chinese.
Poetry (Audio)
Routes, not Roots. Audio CD. Pierre Joris (voice & texts) with Munir Beken (oud), Michael Bisio (bass), Ben Chadabe (percussion), Mitch Elrod (guitar), Nicole Peyrafitte (voice & radio). Ta’wil Productions, 2007.
Prose/Criticism
Justifying the Margins (Essays 1990-2006). (SALT Publishing, 2009.)
A Nomad Poetics. (Essays) (Wesleyan UP, 2003)
Towards a Nomadic Poetics, Spanner Editions, Hereford, UK, 1999. (French version, trans. by Habib Tengour, “Vers une Poétique Nomade,” Dédale # 11-12, 2001)
Global Interference, Liberation Press, London 1981.
The Book of Demons (under the pen-name Joseph W. Charles, & with Victoria Hyatt), Lorrimer Editions, London 1974. Simon & Schuster, N.Y. 1975.
Another Journey, TNT Press, London 1972.
in translation:
forthcoming:
Pour une poétique nomade, traduit par Habib Tengour, Editions PHI, 2009.
published:
Il Libro dei Demoni(with Victoria Hyatt), translated by Massimo Oldoni; Liguori, Napoli 1986.
ANTHOLOGIES
Anthologies (co-)edited by Pierre Joris
Poems for the Millennium: The University of California Book of Modern & Postmodern Poetry.Volume 1: From Fin-de-Siècle to Negritude, 1995. Volume 2: From Post-War to Millennium, 1998. (Co-editor: Jerome Rothenberg) University of California Press.
Poésie Internationale : Anthologie(with Jean Portante), Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg 1987.
Matières d’Angleterre(Anthologie de la Nouvelle Poésie Anglaise) (with Paul Buck), In'Hui Editions,Amiens, 1984.
Anthologies including work by Pierre Joris
12 Auteurs luxembourgeois / 12 Autoren aus Luxembourg ed. Jean Portante, Editions Phi & Journées Littéraires de Mondorf (Luxembourg, 1999).
Anthologie Luxembourgeoise, ed. Jean Portante, Editions Phi,/ Ecrits des Forges (Luxembourg/ Trois Rivières, Québec 1999.)
Kerouac City Blues, ed. Jacques Josse & Alain Jégou, Editions La Digitale, Quimperlé,1999.
Out of the Catskills & Just Beyond, ed. Bertha Rogers, Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, N.Y. 1997.
50: A Celebration of Sun & Moon Classics, ed. Douglas Messerli, sun&moon press, Los Angeles, 1995 (Translations of Paul Celan).
Voices of Conscience ; Poetry from Oppression, ed. H. Cronyn, R. McKane, S Watts. (translation of Tahar Djaout), Iron Press, Manchester, G.B. 1995.
The Sun & Moon Guide toEating Through Literature and Art, ed. Douglas Messerli, Sun & Moon Press, Los Angeles 1994.
Assemblage : New International Writing, ed. Paul Currah, University of Essex, 1989.
Arpentage de la poésie contemporaine, ed. Jacques Darras, In’hui, Amiens, 1987.
Dans la nuit del’Europe, ed. Jacques Darras, Trois Cailloux, Amiens, 1985.
Technicians of the Sacred, ed. Jerome Rothenberg (revised edition, University of California Press, 1985). (trans. of Tristan Tzara).
Voix-off Angleterre, ed. Paul Buck & Allen Fisher, La castor astral, Paris, 1980.
A Big Jewish Book, ed. Jerome Rothenberg (Doubleday 1977) (trans. of Tristan Tzara).
Seasons of Woman, ed. Penelope Washburn, Harper & Row 1979. (trans. of Tristan Tzara.)
The Doctor Generosity Poets, ed.Charles Shahoud Hanna, Damascus Road Press, Wescosville PA, 1975.
Active Anthology, ed. George Quasha, Sumac, Fremont Michigan, 1974.
EDITED BOOKS
Paul Celan : Selections, Poets for the Millennium series, University of California Press, 2005.
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz and other Writings of Pablo Picasso (with Jerome Rothenberg), Exact Change, Boston, 2004.
pppppp : The Selected Writings of Kurt Schwitters(with Jerome Rothenberg), Temple University Press, 1993. Re-issued by Exact Change in 2002.
Joy! Praise! A Festschrift for Jerome Rothenberg on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday, Ta'wil Books & Documents, Encinitas, 1991.
TRANSLATIONS
Into English
Lightduress by Paul Celan, Green Integer, Los Angeles, 2005.
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz and other Writings of Pablo Picasso (with Jerome Rothenberg), Exact Change, Boston, 2004.
The Malady of Islam by Abdelwahab Meddeb, (with Anne Reid) Basic Books, New York, 2003.
4X1: Works by Rainer Maria Rilke, Tristan Tzara, Jean-Pierre Duprey & Habib Tengour translated by Pierre Joris, Inconundrum Press, 2002.
Crystals to Aden, by Michel Bulteau, Duration Press, 2000
Threadsuns by Paul Celan, Sun & Moon Press, Los Angeles 2000 (reprinted 2005 by Green Integer, Los Angeles.)
The Sandals of Empedokles, by Habib Tengour Duration Press, Sausalito 1999.
Breathturn by Paul Celan, Sun & Moon Press, Los Angeles 1995 (reprinted 2006 by Green Integer, Los Angeles.)
From the Desert to the Book, Interviews with Edmond Jabès, Station Hill Press, Barrytown, N.Y., spring 1989.
The Unavowable Community by Maurice Blanchot, Station Hill Press, Barrytown, 1988.
Swing by Gaston Criel, Editions Vrac, Paris 1983.
Temporal Flight by Jean-Pierre Duprey, Earthgrip Press, London 1976.
Into French
Hydrogen Jukebox: poems by Allen Ginsberg (Libretto for Philip Glass’s opera), 2008.
Horse’s Neck de Pete Townsend, ibid., 1986.
Lune Faucon de Sam Shepard, ibid.1985. (10/18 paperback 1987).
Motel Chronicles de Sam Shepard, Collection SIXPACK, Christian Bourgois, 1985. (10/18 paperback 1987).
in Matières d’angleterre (In'hui, Amiens 1984): Asa Benveniste, Paul Brown, Brian Catling, Tom A. Clark, Allen Fisher, Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Bill Griffith, Ralph Hawkins, Anselm Hollo, John James, Richard Miller, Eric Mottram, Wendy Mulford, Jeff Nuttall, Tom Pickard, Tom Raworth, William Sherman, Colin Simms, Iain Sinclair, Ken Smith and Gael Turnbull.
in: Voix off / Angleterre (Castor Astral, Paris 1980): Allen Fisher, Eric Mottram and Bill Griffith.
Sentiments élégiaques américains de Gregory Corso, Christian Bourgois, 1977 (reprinted 1995).
Mexico City Bluesde Jack Kerouac (2 volumes), Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1977; 10/18 paperback edition 1978 (reprinted in one vol. edition,1994).
Chants de la révolution de Julian Beck, 10/18, Paris 1975.
Contretemps à temps de Carl Solomon, Christian Bourgois Editeur, Paris, 1974.
