Entries from July 2019
Index Cards (91)
July 30th, 2019 · 1 Comment
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Epiphanies
July 22nd, 2019 · 6 Comments
People seem to like epiphanies. EPIPHANIES I walked out to the back acre Where the hawthorn climbed shyly over the sagging fence Like a little girl at a birthday party I looked off to the east At the darkening clouds And realized Why my mother was never home on Sunday I walked out into the […]
An Aria from “The Pope’s Mustard-Maker”
July 16th, 2019 · Comments Off on An Aria from “The Pope’s Mustard-Maker”
I’m currently translating Alfred Jarry’s operetta Le Moutardier du pape for Black Scat Books; it should be out later this year. I’m translating Jarry’s rhymed verse as rhymed verse; it always requires some compromise, but I hope the result is more faithful than a literal, unrhymed rendition would be (and more faithful than Jarry’s own […]