She became the best known surrealist female poet, author of 16 books of poetry, as well as a number of important prose and theatre pieces.

[5] This collection of work references male and female anatomy in explicit language that was unusual for the time.

[5] In 1954, Joyce Mansour became involved with the surrealist movement after Jean-Louise Bédouin wrote a review praising Cris in Médium: Communication surréaliste that May.

[5] Joyce Mansour actively participated in the second wave of surrealism in Paris.

[7] She collaborated with representatives such as Pierre Alechinsky, Enrico Baj, Hans Bellmer, Gerardo Chávez, Jorge Camacho, Ted Joans, Pierre Molinier, Reinhoud d'Haese and Max Walter Svanberg.