Encounters

Hélène Cixous is one of the world’s leading writers. She is the founder and former director of the Centre de Recherches en Études Féminines at Paris VIII University and is a frequent visitor to universities in the United States and Canada.Frédéric-Yves Jeannet is a French writer and professor who lives in Mexico. He has lectured in French and Comparative Literature at the University of Geneva, Montclair State, Cooper Union, Victoria University of Wellington and the Metropolitan University, Mexico City.

• GodAnd the WhaleAlready everything was thereDwellingWithSpew into the seaOff age's shorePeruviaOf maps & of printsLazarusExpireWrite in TonguesFaustesClearseeUnfinish the Story & HistoryJust before the paperThe forgetreadOther addressesThe fear of namesDragonfliesSlight uneasiness the masculinePreteritionsBut the Earth goes round, not too badlyOur centuriesThe ShelvesWallsThe body writesMeasuresTempoThe grace the gallopingGod's Returns

“This wonderfully sympathetic conversation about writing is like a magic animal in a fairytale. Follow, and it will take you through the diverse joys, dangers, surprises and landscapes of Cixous's writing life, towards the intransigent questions that animate everybody who lives.”Sarah Wood, The University of Kent“These interviews, which take Cixous back over her writing history, are fascinating encounters as much between the author and her (past) self as with Frédéric-Yves Jeannet. Encounters is essential reading for anyone interested in Cixous.”Mairéad Hanrahan, University College London