Various Devices

Polyphem, an independent press in Moscow, announces publication of a comprehensive, bilingual edition of the writings of Carla Harryman.

The works, chosen by editor Vladimir Feshchenko, represent the full range of her pioneering genre-disrupting, performative texts—from Percentage (1979) and Under the Bridge (1980) to Cloud Cantata (2020) and Scales for the Living (2023).

Also featured are the complete scripts of her germinal works for San Francisco Poets Theater: “Third Man” (1978); “There Is Nothing Better Than a Theory” (1984); and “Memory Play” (1994).

Excerpts from her dystopian novel Gardener of Stars (2001) and the ludic hybrid text Baby (2005) are included, along with selections from her erotic picaresque, co-authored with Lyn Hejinian, The Wide Road (2011). 

Introduction:

“Carla Harryman’s Performance Writing,” Vlad Feshchenko. Introduction to Various Devices, December 2024.