In this book of prose poetry, the narrator goes through the steps of making a garden, and then making a world within that garden… Monospace is an example of the kind of contemporary, experimental writing coming out of France from writers such as Parian who are pushing the limits of the poetry genre.

Beyond the margin
I make a dock out of planks
jump to the other side
assuming you followed me
diagonally

Parian steps outside of the supposed boundaries of the written space, constructs a path leading into some unknown potential area. She glances over her shoulder to see if she’s successfully taken us there, if we’re on board.

From a great article/interview with translator Emma Ramadan at Three Percent
Great article on rob mclennan’s blog
Linkto the book