the summons of becoming: marking the centenary of the poet

Millwood, New York:: Haybarn Press,, 2007.. Edition of 50. 9 x 14"; 30 pages. Text pages and plates on French Rives BFK papers. Frontispiece printed by Graphics on Canson Mi-Teintes. Images hand-colored as pochoir by the artist. Poems typeset in Garamond. Printed letterpress by Bradley Hutchinson. Lithographs printed by Maurice Sanchez at Derrière L'Etoile Studio. Signed by the translator and the artist. Edition of 50: 40 standard in paper wrapper; 10 in cloth portfolio.This is the standard copy. poems by René Char / translated by Mary Ann Caws / with lithographs by Ed Colker Ed Colker: "This year marks the centenary of René Char, the great surrealist poet and legendary World War II leader in the French resistance. Joining in the international tribute, we offer the summons of becoming, a portfolio edition of [8] poems translated by Mary Ann Caws, with five original prints as visual responses." Mary Ann Caws is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, English, and French at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. She has published widely on 20th-century avant-gardes, Surrealism and modern art, including Joseph Cornell's Theatre of the Mind, The Surrealist Look: An Erotics of Encounter, and, most recently, Glorious Eccentrics.  Colker, painter and graphic artist, founded the not-for-profit Haybarn Press for development of fine art editions in response to poetic texts.