6.16.2011

translation machine

Always the same handful of poets are translated again & again: How many Rilkes, Lorcas, Rimbauds, etc., do we need?

[Thinking of Ashbery's recent Rimbaud]

3 comments:

Andrew Shields said...

37 Rilkes, 14 Lorcas, and 22 Rimbauds.

JforJames said...

I'm almost willing to believe your stats.

Andrew Shields said...

That's how many we need; unfortunately, we have a lot more than that. :-)