Camille Roy
Camille Roy is a writer of fiction, poetry, and plays. Her fiction collection Honey Mine was published by Nightboat in 2021. Previous books include Sherwood Forest, poetry and prose from Futurepoem, and Cheap Speech, a play from Leroy Chapbooks, as well as Swarm (fiction, from Black Star Series). She co-edited Biting The Error: Writers Explore Narrative (Coach House), a book of essays by writers on their own experimental prose practices. Earlier books include The Rosy Medallions (Kelsey St. Press) and Cold Heaven (Leslie Scalapino's O Books). Recent work has been published in Field Notes #4 (UK), Amerarcana, and is forthcoming in Baest. More information can be found at https://www.camilleroy.me/.
Camille Roy is a writer of fiction, poetry, and plays. Her fiction collection Honey Mine was published by Nightboat in 2021. Previous books include Sherwood Forest, poetry and prose from Futurepoem, and Cheap Speech, a play from Leroy Chapbooks, as well as Swarm (fiction, from Black Star Series). She co-edited Biting The Error: Writers Explore Narrative (Coach House), a book of essays by writers on their own experimental prose practices. Earlier books include The Rosy Medallions (Kelsey St. Press) and Cold Heaven (Leslie Scalapino’s O Books). Recent work has been published in Field Notes #4 (UK), Amerarcana, and is forthcoming in Baest. More information can be found at https://www.camilleroy.me/.
My time spent washing dishes at this eastern facing window is often contemplative. Lately my thoughts have been circling around the book I just read: a “Working Life” by Eileen Myles. The phrase that keeps intruding into my reverie is sumptuous novel. This book is like that.
Camille Roy’s most recent book is Sherwood Forest, from Futurepoem. Earlier books include The Rosy Medallions (poetry and prose, from Kelsey St Press) and Swarm (fiction, from Black Star Series). She co-edited Biting The Error: Writers Explore Narrative (CoachHouse 2005, re-issued 2010). She lives in San Francisco.