A Lovely Wallpaper

Guillaume Apollinaire's "Zone" with Lucy Sante


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In this episode, Abby interviews writer Lucy Sante about recent books *Nineteen Reservoirs* and *I Heard Her Call My Name*. Together, they present an excerpt of the poem "Zone" by Guillaume Apollinaire.
Recitation begins at 45:07

from "Zone"
Guillaume Apollinaire

Now you walk in Paris alone in a crowd

Herds of buses drive past mooing loud

Your throat is gripped with love's pain

As if you should never be loved again

If you lived in the past you'd enter a monastery

You're ashamed to catch yourself saying a prayer

You jeer at yourself and your laughter crackles like hellfire

The background of your life is gilded by the sparks from your laughter

It's like paintings hung in a dark museum

Sometimes you step up close to see them
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A Lovely WallpaperBy Abby Walthausen