[10/15/26] Albiach, Anne-Marie: Mezza Voce

Litmus Press, paperback

Translated by Joseph Simas

Publication Date: October 15, 2026

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Anne-Marie Albiach’s second full-length book to be published in French and her first in English translation, Mezza Voce (Flammarion, 1984; The Post-Apollo Press, 1988) showcases Albiach at the height of her poetic powers, as she develops the minimalist poetics of earlier works like ÉTAT into what Michael Palmer calls “a true theater of the page.” Mezza Voce is translated by Joseph Simas in collaboration with the author, Anthony Barnett, Lydia Davis, and Douglas Oliver. This second edition is presented with a new introduction by Ann Smock and is published simultaneously with The Mezzanine in a new translation by Teresa Villa-Ignacio. As Paul Auster writes: “There is no other poetry like this in the world.”