This is Not a Poem: Hélène Bessette’s Garance Rose with Carrie Chappell

In this episode of This is Not a Poem, Paris-based writer and translator Carrie Chappell joins us in the studio to discuss 20th-century French writer Hélène Bessette. Alongside host Elliott K.B, Carrie Chappell dives into her discovery of this largely forgotten author, defining her poetic novel Garance Rose and speaking on Hélène Bessette’s struggles with both law and finding respect in the literary world.