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Tag Archives: translation

Sunday, March 10th, at 2 pm:
Retrofitting Babel – An Informal Talk about Translation and Translators

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Eric — No Comments ↓
Tower of Bable by Bruegel the Elder

Carlos Suarez addresses a few salient issues of translation: How to make a mess and influence literary history without getting caught. The at times amusing troubles poetry translators get into, and how they survive them. The uses of mirrors and Continue reading →

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Thursday, January 31st:
Poets Richard Silberg
& Willis Barnstone

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Eric — No Comments ↓
Willis Barnstone with Jorge Luis Borges

Thursday, Jan. 31st at 7 pm: Two distinguished poets, reading their original poems and translations. Richard Silberg reads from his new collection of poems, The Horses: New and Selected Poems, published in September of last year by Red Hen Press. Continue reading →

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