The Loveliest Vowel Empties - Collected Poems by Meret Oppenheim

The Loveliest Vowel Empties - Collected Poems by Meret Oppenheim, translated from German and French by Kathleen Heil / ISBN 9781954218086 / 125-page paperback published in 2023 by World Poetry Books / bilingual edition *** “The singularity of Meret Oppenheim’s work is such that nothing seems dated … the range of the work and its quirky self-assurance are striking.”- Gary Indiana, The Village Voice The collected poems of legendary Swiss Surrealist Meret Oppenheim, for the first time in English. "What an ingenious way of translating this superbly ingenious poet/artist! Over and over, Kathleen Heil selects a word which many would find out of the way, a true delight. To me, it feels as deeply surrealist as possible. Such a gift proves true throughout this all-in-all inventive rendering. The extraordinary Meret Oppenheim deserves no less!" - Mary Ann Caws "I am in awe of Meret Oppenheim’s poems, a seismic force heretofore unknown to me. Her aesthetic compatriots include Alejandra Pizarnik,