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)
What Brings Us to a Halt (Part 1)
Franca Mancinelli reflects on the simultaneously precarious and regenerative aspects of poetic language, in this latest instalment of a translational dialogue with John Taylor.
On Translating Franca Mancinelli
John Taylor talks to a group of students about translating the work of Italian poet and essayist Franca Mancinelli, with whom he enjoys a fruitful collaborative relationship.
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