This volume comprises selected articles from Francis Poulenc: J'écris ce qui me chante (Fayard, 2011) edited by Nicholas Southon. Many of these articles and interviews have not been available in English before and Roger Nichols' translation, capturing the very essence of Poulenc's lively writing style, makes more widely accessible this significant contribution to Poulenc scholarship.

Preface to the Translation; Translator's Note; Introduction; Part I Articles; Chapter 1 Article I Le Coq and Le Coq Parisien; Chapter 2 Article II 'On Igor Stravinsky's "Mavra"', Feuilles libres, no. 27, June-July 1922, section 'La musique', pp. 222-224; Chapter 3 Article III 'On Igor Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms"', Le Mois, no. 2, February 1931, pp. 249-250; Chapter 4 Article IV 'In Praise of Banality', Présence, no. 8, October 1935, pp. 24-25; Chapter 5 Article V 'Long Live Stravinsky!', Le Figaro, no. 199, 7 April 1945, 'Chronique', p. 1; Chapter 6 Article VI 'The Composer and the Sorcerer', Les Lettres Françaises, no. 54, 5 May 1945, p. 5; Chapter 7 Article VII 'Francis Poulenc on His Ballets', Ballet, no. 4/2, September 1946, pp. 57-58; Chapter 8 Article VIII 'For the Harpsichord, Wanda Landowska has Completed in New York "Her life's work"', Le Figaro littéraire, no. 214, 27 May 1950, p. 1; Chapter 9 Article IX 'Pages from America (Diary extracts)', La Table Ronde, no. 30, June 1950, pp. 66-75; Chapter 10 Article X 'Erik Satie's Piano Music', La Revue Musicale, Satie number, no. 214, June 1952, pp. 23-26; Chapter 11 Article XI 'How I Composed Les Dialogues des Carmélites', L'Opéra de Paris, no. 14, Second Quarter, 1957, pp. 15-17; Chapter 12 Article XII 'Opera in the Cinema Era', Opera, vol. 12/1, January 1961, p. 18 (as told to Elliott Stein); Part II Critical Articles and Reviews; Chapter 13 Article XIII 'On Richard Strauss's Elektra', Le Figaro, no. 244, 1 September 1934, p. 4; Chapter 14 Article XIV 'On Oberon', Le Figaro, no. 247, 4 September 1934, p. 5; Chapter 15 Article XV 'The Paris Opéra Ought to Put on Fidelio', Le Figaro, no. 272, 29 September 1934, p. 5; Chapter 16 Article XVI 'The Heart of Maurice Ravel', La Nouvelle Revue Française, no. 323, 1 Jan 1941, pp. 237-240; Part III Contributions to Works by Others; Chapter 17 Article XVII 'The Lesson of Claude Debussy', in Auguste Martin, Claude Debussy, Chronologie de sa vie et de ses oeuvres, Catalogue of the Exhibition Organised from 2 to 17 May 1942, in the Foyer of the Opéra-Comique, pp. XII-XIII; Chapter 18 Article XVIII 'Preface' to Gabriel Laplane, Albéniz: sa vie, son oeuvre,, Geneva, Editions du milieu du monde, 1956, pp. 11-12; Chapter 19 Article XIX 'Notes on Ravel', in Enciclopedia della Musica, vol. 3, Milan, Ricordi, 1964, pp. 540-541; Part IV Response to a Survey; Chapter 20 Article XX 'Is there a "Messiaen Affair"?', Le Littéraire, no. 4, 13 April 1946, p. 4; Part V Lectures; Chapter 21 Article XXI 'My Teachers and My Friends', Conferencia, vol. 29/21, 15 October 1935, pp. 521-527; Chapter 22 Article XXII, Conferencia, no. 36, 15 December 1947, pp. 507-513; Part VI Interviews; Chapter 23 Article XXIII Interview with André Laphin; Chapter 24 Article XXIV Interview with Lucien Chevaillier; Chapter 25 Article XXV Interview with José Bruyr; Chapter 26 Article XXVI Interview with Nino Franck; Chapter 27 Article XXVII Interview with A.P.; Chapter 28 Article XXVIII Interview with Jeannie Chauveau; Chapter 29 Article XXIX Interview with Claude Chamfray; Chapter 30 Article XXX Interview with Fernando Lopes-Graça; Chapter 31 Article XXXI Interview with Paul Guth; Chapter 32 Article XXXII 'Poulenc; Chapter 33 Article XXXIII Interview with Henri Hell; Chapter 34 Article XXXIV Interview with Martine Cadieu; Chapter 35 Article XXXV Interview: 'A Denizen of Noizay and the Honorary President of Local Musicmaking, Francis Poulenc is Going to Play to Restore his Village Church. He is Going to Perform La Voix humaine Tomorrow Evening in Amboise with Denise Duval', La Nouvelle République, 7 September 1961; Chapter 36 Article XXXVI Interview with Denise Bourdet; Part VII Interviews with Claude Rostand; Preface to Interviews; Chapter 37 Interview 1 Paris and Nogent-sur-Marne; Chapter 38 Interview 2 Musical Adventures with the 'Moderns'; Chapter 39 Interview 3 Poulenc at the Piano; Chapter 40 Interview 4 The Maître of Arcueil and Lifelong Friends; Chapter 41 Interview 5 From Monte-Carlo to Paris under the Occupation; Chapter 42 Interview 6 The Composer and His Poets; Chapter 43 Interview 7 The Keyboard Concertos; Chapter 44 Interview 8 Pierre Bernac, or the Unexpected Part ner; Chapter 45 Interview 9 Choral Music; Chapter 46 Interview 10 Faith Restored; Chapter 47 Interview 11 Chamber Works; Chapter 48 Interview 12 The Monk and the Naughty Boy; Chapter 49 Interview 13 Poulenc-Janus; Chapter 50 Interview 14 A Countryman's Prayers; Chapter 51 Interview 15 The Composer's Studio; Chapter 52 Interview 16 Musical Likes and Dislikes; Chapter 53 Interview 17 What Future for Music?; Chapter 54 Interview 18 Conclusions and Perspectives;