In Part 2 of their interview, Janet Lee and Marcella Durand turn to Durand’s own poetic work, focusing on her attempt to break down the divisions between humans and nature.
In the Service of the Figure (II)
In the Service of the Figure (I)
In this interview with poet-translator Marcella Durand, she and Janet Lee discuss her translation of Michèle Métail, ancient palindromes, park destruction, and bee poems.
The Opacity of Language, the Empathy of Translation
Aitor Bouso Gavín highlights the linguistic and humanitarian attentiveness of «Boat People», Mayra Santos-Febres’s collection translated from Spanish by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario.
Translationships (IV)
Magdalena Edwards and Adriana X. Jacobs discuss decomposition, thinking of poetry in terms of perfume, and Jacobs’ translations of Vaan Nguyen’s poetry from Modern Hebrew.
From «Distance is a Root»
John Taylor and Franca Mancinelli prolong their rich ongoing dialogue and interrogate the images of darkness, light, and passage that lie at the root of Franca’s poetry.
Selfishness and Process
Lily Meyer discusses the relationship between selfishness and craft in translation, looking back at the genesis of her work translating Claudia Ulloa Donoso’s «Pajarito».
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