Advice to a Young Poet by Max Jacob, trans. by John Adlard Azita Ghahreman as well as fellowships from

as well as fellowships from CantoMundo

— Natalie Shapero

’ – Bruce Smith

with a DVD of filmed highlights from recent performances

Advice to a Young Poet by Max Jacob, trans. by John Adlard Azita Ghahreman as well as fellowships fromAdvice to a Young Poet is an English translation, first published on the centenary of the authors birth in 1967, of Max Jacobs posthumous Conseils un jeune pote. This was Jacobs last major statement on poetry, the culmination of a lifetimes reflection on and practice of the art. This book makes his great personal as well as literary influence on many poets and writers easier to understand. The translator, John Adlard, supplies an introduction which is