Performance and translingualism in Poems for the Millennium

Zoë Skoulding

doi:10.7764/ESLA.101686

Performance and translingualism in Poems for the Millennium

Zoë Skoulding

School of Arts and Humanities

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This article explores the relationship between languages that is enacted in two anthologies co-edited by US poets Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris, Poems for the Millennium, volumes 1 and 2, considering it in the light of performance and performativity. The article examines the different phases of translingual avant-garde practice reflected in the anthologies as well as their twenty-first-century legacy.

Original language	English
Number of pages	13
Journal	English Studies in Latin America: A Journal of Cultural and Literary Criticism
Volume	30
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7764/ESLA.101686
Publication status	Published - 30 Jan 2026

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