No press is proud to announce the publication of:

THE LUCID CLUSTERS: POETICS OF CLAUDE GAUVREAU
Translated, and with an introduction by, Ray Ellenwood

Noted Quebecois author, playwright, poet and artist, Claude Gauvreau (1925-1971), was one of the Automatistes in Montreal and a signatory of Refus global. THE LUCID CLUSTERS is a selection of Gauvreau’s commentaries on poetics from his correspondence and addresses such fields as dada, Surrealism, Lettrisme and the OuLiPo. THE LUCID CLUSTERS marks the first time has work has been published west of Toronto in a solo edition.

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Ray Ellenwood, Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar at York University in Toronto, is an award-winning translator and author of Egregore: A History of the Montréal Automatist Movement. In 1998, he organized a symposium, exhibition and concert at York University to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Refus global, and he continues to write and publish extensively about the Automatistes.

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Published in a limited edition of 100 copies (only 50 of which are for sale)
40 pgs, hand-bound

Copies are available for $10.00 each

To order copies, please contact derek beaulieu.