From the publisher's website:

The Profane Earth is a series of poems exploring man's helplessness when confronted with the extraordinary dance of death, time, and sexuality. Alternating between dream landscapes and the narrative of daily life, between the animalistic and the rational, The Profane Earth explores the sacred nature of sorrow, decay, and desire. Ollivier Dyens is a writer whose universal poetry puts us in touch with the primal roots of humankind.

Ollivier Dyens is an associate professor at Concordia University in Montreal. He is the author of numerous books, including Les Murs des planetes suivi de La cathédrale aveugle (VLB Éditeur), short listed for the Prix de poésie Terrasses Saint-Sulpice de la revue Estuaire, Continent X, Vertige du Nouvel Occident (VLB Éditeur), long listed for the Prix Roberval, Metal and Flesh, The Evolution of Man, Technology takes over (MIT Press) whose French version was awarded Best Essay from La Société des écrivains canadiens, Les Betes (Éditions Triptyque), and Navigations technologiques (VLB Éditeur).