1.0The Mookse and the Gripeshttps://mookseandgripes.com/reviewsTrevor Berretthttps://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/author/trevor/Albertine Sarrazin: Astragal - The Mookse and the Gripesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="whDcXJXBLr"><a href="https://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2013/05/21/albertine-sarrazin-astragal/">Albertine Sarrazin: <em>Astragal</em></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2013/05/21/albertine-sarrazin-astragal/embed/#?secret=whDcXJXBLr" width="600" height="338" title="“Albertine Sarrazin: <em>Astragal</em>” — The Mookse and the Gripes" data-secret="whDcXJXBLr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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Long out of print in the United States, Astragal (L’Astragale, 1965; tr. from the French by Patsy Southgate, 1967) came to New Directions in a wonderful way. One day Barbara Epler, publisher and president of New Directions, was talking to Patti Smith about favorite authors when Smith brought up Albertine Sarrazin. Epler admitted she had never ... Read morehttp://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Astragal.jpg