Yo-yo Heart
by Laura Doyle Péan
Translated and introduced by Stuart Bell
Two female lovers separate. Alone in her apartment, surrounded by books and memories, the narrator learns to heal her wounds as the days pass by. Written in the form of a personal diary, this collection of poems is made up of five parts, each a rite of passage, navigating the many stages of grief.
ISBN: 9781739954758
102 pages
Date published: 10/10/2022
Paperback
Laura Doyle Péan (they/them) is a communication & cinema graduate, McGill Law & Gender Studies student, poet and activist. The 22-year-old Haitian-Quebecois artist is interested in the links between language and identity, and in the role art plays in social transformations and social movements. Laura published their first book, Cœur Yoyo, in 2020, and has participated in many artistic productions with the queer feminist collective Les Allumeuses.
Stuart Bell is a translator of French literature. His previous publications include ‘They Stole Our Beauty’ (2019), ‘The Softest Sleep’ (2020) and 'Bird Me' (2021). He also edited the 2021 collection 'Moving Impressions: Essays on Art and Experience', the inaugural issue of The South London Cultural Review.
