"Zone" with Lucy Sante
Update: 2025-03-20
Description
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
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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