Author Description

"Maxime Coton approaches love through the tropes of language and landscape, provisional approaches to a provisional state. His gaze closes in and moves away to great distances, together. At times the voice is almost aphoristic, possible only in a poet who tends towards courage and insight. "The point is not just to live, but to find the fissure, the absence of death for instance." Coton's language is transparent yet unsimple. There is sustained discovery in its lines and their unpredictability. Imperfect Tongues offers us a voice to follow for the future." - Sharmistha Mohanty