In Earth and Mind : Dreaming, Writing, Being Michael Bishop examines very recent work by nine major French and Francophone writers : Bonnefoy, Risset, Stétié, Khoury-Ghata, Ben Jelloun, Velter, Bancquart, Pinson and Dupin, dealing with the mind’s complex modes of relating to its experience of presence to the world.

Contents Foreword Biographical Note 1 Yves Bonnefoy, La Grande Ourse: Voice, Consciousness, Presence, Naming 2 Jacqueline Risset, Les Instants: Epiphany, (Un)groundedness, Trial, Desire 3 Salah Stétié, L’Être: Embodiment, Void, Unfiguredness, Uraeus 4 Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Le Livre des Suppliques: Hauntedness, Vigilance, Fable, Circularity 5 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Que la Blessure se Ferme: Light, Love, Passion, Paradox 6 André Velter, L’amour Extrême: Absoluteness, Relativity, Fury, Marvel 7 Marie-Claire Bancquart, Tracé du Vivant: Primordiality, Rites, Question, Rebirth 8 Jean-Claude Pinson, Alphabet Cyrillique: Dailiness, Autobiopoiesis, Freedom, Resistance 9 Jacques Dupin, Le Grésil: Ubac and Adret, Individuation and Pleroma A Few Closing Remarks Select Bibliography