Brings together some of the latest work of the poet and novelist Venus Khoury-Ghata in a manner that showcases her central concerns in a novel and provocative format. Marilyn Hacker interleaves a full translation of Khoury-Ghata's volume of poetry Où vont les arbres with prose from La maison aux orties. The resulting interplay illuminates the poet's contrasting and complementary drives toward surreal lyricism and stark narrative exposition.