John Taylor, in this second part of «What Brings Us to a Halt», responds to his friend and collaborator Franca Mancinelli with an essay about poetry, botany, and translation.
What Brings Us to a Halt (Part 2)
Placing «Joy at the Helm»
John Taylor pulls back the curtain on his ongoing translations of the Belgian francophone poet Charline Lambert, intimately exploring her work and laying bare his own process.
“Lightness moved things”
John Taylor reflects on what he has gleaned (and what his own writing has gained) from the poetry of Lorenzo Calogero in the ten years since he first began translating his work.
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