Joris is a Luxembourg/American poet, translator and essayist. His latest publications are Adonis & Pierre Joris: Conversations in the Pyrenees, Pierre Joris & Nicole Peyrafitte: The Book of U/Le Livre des Cormorans and a play The Agony of I.B. The French writer and performer André Velter is an internationally acclaimed lyric poet whose work is rich with music and rhythm.