Liminal Visions of Nicole Brossard

Examines the work of the contemporary Montreal-based lesbian writer, who has over thirty volumes of poetry, fiction-theory, postmodernist prose, and theory. Finds that she focuses on the liminal spaces around words and the enigma of lapses in the language. Some of the themes are a differential equation of lesbian love, holographic writing, and rituals of reading and writing. The quotations are offered in French and English translation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR