In Cot, minimalist traces of language cling to a series of mapped channels. Every channel is a tenuous archive of choreographed gestures recorded by the poet from the edges of dance stages. Here, spaces hold words and words hold movement. A book marked by inexhaustible passages, this exquisite English language translation of Quebecoise poet Chantal Neveu's fourth book invites the reader to collaborate in the making of both texts and spaces. Here, Cot refers not only to coitus but to the act of moving in unison. Conceptual and intimate, Cot is a consensual experiment that exceeds the form of the book.
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