Desiderata
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Product Details
Author:
Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Patti Smith, Emma Ramadan
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
120
Publisher:
MIT Press (March 25, 2025)
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781965874080
ISBN-10:
1965874088
Weight:
9.7oz
Dimensions:
5.5" x 8.5" x 0.3"
File:
RandomHouse-PRH_Book_Company_PRH_PRT_Onix_full_active_D20260405T171753_155746879-20260405.xml
Folder:
RandomHouse
List Price:
$19.95
Country of Origin:
United States
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
50
As low as:
$15.36
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
Discount Code:
A
QuickShip:
Yes
Imprint:
Inpatient Press
Series:
Inpatient Press / Mercurial Editions
Overview
Musician Lizzy Mercier Descloux’s kaleidoscopic foray into collage and poetry, translated and reprinted for the first time in 50 years.
Desiderata is a collection of Lizzy Mercier Descloux's poetry, photos, and diaristic fragments from her visit to New York City in the winter of 1975. Only eighteen at the time, Descloux fell into the orbits of the nascent No Wave scene festering in Lower Manhattan, where she befriended Richard Hell, Patti Smith, and ZE Records founder Michel Esteban. Desiderata charts the musician's early ambitions as a writer, revealing a potent poetic voice that careens from acid-tinged social observations to outright Dadaist semantic revelry, interspersed with collages and hand-written notes. Originally composed entirely in French, this is the first time these works have ever appeared in English and this edition includes the original French facsimile bound tête-bêche with the new English translation.
Desiderata is a collection of Lizzy Mercier Descloux's poetry, photos, and diaristic fragments from her visit to New York City in the winter of 1975. Only eighteen at the time, Descloux fell into the orbits of the nascent No Wave scene festering in Lower Manhattan, where she befriended Richard Hell, Patti Smith, and ZE Records founder Michel Esteban. Desiderata charts the musician's early ambitions as a writer, revealing a potent poetic voice that careens from acid-tinged social observations to outright Dadaist semantic revelry, interspersed with collages and hand-written notes. Originally composed entirely in French, this is the first time these works have ever appeared in English and this edition includes the original French facsimile bound tête-bêche with the new English translation.
