It isn't criticism that irritates--we're all adults here, right?--but what does is criticism that misinterprets and, in the process, misleads potential readers. When poet and translator Andrew Frisardi was on the receiving-end of such treatment for his translation of Vita Nova (Northwestern University Press) in the pages of the Times Literary Supplement, he did what … Continue reading Call of the Siren exclusive: Andrew Frisardi’s response
Category: Myth -Poetry
Some painful reading
Here is the look of a great lady on the verge of death. Here is also the look of something else: What it feels like to read a bad book review. I love the grim, gray pages of the Times Literary Supplement -- make that grim, grey pages -- even though the reading can get … Continue reading Some painful reading
Timely and timeless: Virgil’s translator
I'm not trying to be morbid -- but I do tend to think of the health and welfare of George R.R. Martin a lot, and I'm sure that plenty of other fans of "A Song of Ice and Fire" do, too. Just go over to YouTube and you'll find a music video by the team … Continue reading Timely and timeless: Virgil’s translator
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