October 6, 2012
Unwriting the Books of the Dead: Anne Carson and Robert Currie on Translation, Collaboration, and History
Before Anne Carson took the odes of Gaius Valerius Catullus as cartographical tools for navigating the all-too-unmappable space of her brother Michael’s death, Louis Zukofsky translated them. In the preface to […]
February 14, 2010
Understanding Love and Iceland (Translating Valentine’s Day)
In the past, February 14th has been the time of year that I have, in my way, celebrated valentines — despite its muddled origins and dreaded Hallmark affiliation, despite the […]