Hence This Cradle

Poetry. Translated from the French by Ann Cefola. With Hence This Cradle, Helene Sanguinetti blends the fairytale world of childhood with the sensual world of the adult in a sequence of poetic fragments that fuse the innocent and the intimate in a single lyric voice. Helene Sanguinetti is the author of three books of poetry: Alparegho, Pareil-a-rien, D'ici, de ce berceau, and De la main gauche, exploratrice. Her work has appeared in a several anthologies, most recently in 49 Poetes and L'Annee poetique 2005. Recently she collaborated with Anna Baranek on an artist's book, O III. HENCE THIS CRADLE, Ann Cefola's translation of D'ici, de ce berceau, is Sanguinetti's first book to appear in English. She lives in Provence.