{"id":57707,"date":"2023-07-30T14:19:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T18:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=57707"},"modified":"2023-10-10T13:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:50:30","slug":"a-slim-volume-that-unbends-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2023\/07\/a-slim-volume-that-unbends-the-mind.html","title":{"rendered":"A Slim Volume That ‘Unbends the Mind’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stadtlichter Presse<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I\u2019m told that a review of Kleine Tiere \/ Small Animals<\/a><\/em> will appear in the Swiss literary journal ORTE. The book has been published in a bilingual (German-English) edition by Stadtlichter Presse<\/a>. The review is by Clemens Umbricht. Here are some excerpts. \u2014 JH<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In his new book of poems Jan Herman writes: ‘Great beauty from great despair unbends the mind. That is the goal of every poet.<\/strong>‘ . . . Kleine Tiere <\/em>[is] a slim volume by a lyricist who has achieved his goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Clemens Umbricht<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n


“The poem that gives the volume its title begins:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shall we now weep
to leave the sun behind,
lightly pencilled in?<\/strong><\/em>‘<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The melancholy pencil drawing of those lines is found in comparable hatching in all the poems. Reading them leaves a lasting impression.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the review in full: <\/p>\n\n\n

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Jan Herman: KleineTiere. 29 deformed sonnets, translated from the American by Florian Vetsch. Stadtlichter Presse \/ Wennestorfer Kirchweg 65 \/ 21279 Wenzendordf \/ Germany<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postscript:<\/strong> Oct. 10 \u2014 From a display of Stadtlichter Presse publications at a recent bookfair in southern Germany:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo: Ralf Z\u00fchlke<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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