Christian Bök is the author of Eunoia (2001), a bestselling work of experimental literature, which has gone on to win the Griffin Prize for Poetic Excellence. Bök is currently working on The Xenotext — a project that requires him to encipher a poem into the genome of a bacterium capable of surviving in any inhospitable environment. Bök is a Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada, and he works as an artist in Melbourne.
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Christian Bök
POLYPHONY
TRANSLATING TRANSLATING APOLLINAIRE — GALLIFREYAN
THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS — MONOCHROME
OF YELLOW
UBU HUBBUB
YOU MUST WEAR THE BRONZE ARMOUR OF YOUR DREAMS
YOU MUST ROLL THE DICE TO GAMBLE AWAY YOUR REALM
YOU MUST LET YOURSELF BE SMITTEN BY YOUR BITTERNESS
YOU MUST GUARD THE DOORWAY OF YOUR EMPTY CHAPEL
YOU MUST PLUCK, LIKE LOVE, A VIOLET FLOWER OF FLAME
YOU MUST VISIT HELL TO SEEK THE MASONS OF YOUR FATE
YOU MUST KILL A VIPER, IF IT HAS DEFILED YOUR ORCHARD
YOU MUST LAUD YOUR DEATH IN A SYMPHONY OF SILVER
YOU MUST AIM YOUR BOW SKYWARD TO PROD THE STARS
YOU MUST FIRST BREAK A MOUNTAIN TO BECOME A GOD
FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM
FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM (Sarah Ridgley)
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