What Sparks Poetry:
Courtney Angela Brkic on Antun Branko Šimić's "The Return"
"To translate Šimić into English requires constant pruning, knocking phrases down to their lowest common denominator. My goal was faithfulness to the original while maintaining the spare intensity of Šimić’s lines, and our conversations often grew heated. I came to crave the moment my father snapped his fingers to demonstrate that I had unlocked the mystery in English." |
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"Can Rilke Change Your Life?"
"Letters to a Young Poet has spoken to artists for almost a century. The other half of the famous correspondence reveals the treacherous work of becoming who you want to be."
via THE NEW YORKER |
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