Le Merle

Readers and friends,

As part of the Autorésidences programming launched during the pandemic by AXENÉO7, Le Merle vol.7 no.1 was assembled in the rhizome suburb of the Outaouais, based on the question: how not to go round in circles in powerlessness? In the studio, in the living room, in the shed, on the patio, on the 12-lane highway or canoeing on the Kichi Sibi, Power in withdrawal bears witness to spaces and experiences where ways of breaking through the feeling of powerlessness are invented, where ways of doing things collectively and ways of telling stories are developed. This issue features contributions from Sarah Chênevert-Beaudoin, Anykrystel Coppet, Dalie Giroux, Aimée Lalonde, Fait Maison, Amélie-Anne Mailhot, Émilie Monnet, Le Patio, Isabelle Pauwels and Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt. In addition, the dossier FAIRE POÉSIE / POEM-MAKING, curated by Simon Brown and Maude S. Pilon, offers a survey in the form of exchanges between poets on ways of making poetry, including contributions from EJ Kneifel, Trynne Delaney, Lux and névé dumas.

Le Merle, cahiers sur les mots et les gestes, invites us to move between worlds and to relay ways of transforming others, elsewhere. It is a micro-publishing project led by François Lemieux, with the past and present contributions of invaluable allies including Mirna Abian Boyajian, Edith Brunette, Erik Bordeleau, Dalie Giroux, Heather Davis, Bernard Schütze, Simon Brown, Suzanne Beth and Anne Lardeux.