Francofilaments by Eileen G'Sell is a poetic exploration of intersections between Francophilia, feminism, and cinema. The book is marked by a blend of wit, wordplay, and a candid voice that traverses themes of desire, sex, and loss.
Eileen G'Sell is an American poet and film critic with recent contributions to Poetry, Oversound, Hyperallergic, Harp and Altar, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jacobin, The Baffler, The Art Newspaper, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and The Hopkins Review. Her first volume of poetry, Life After Rugby, was published by Gold Wake Press in 2018. In 2023, she received the Rabkin Prize for arts journalism. She teaches writing and media studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
