"Enclosing half an emptiness"
Hoffman, Vallejo, Simic, Forché, Gustafsson
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Daniel Hoffman:
César Vallejo (tr. from Spanish by Clayton Eshleman):
Charles Simic:
Carolyn Forché:
Lars Gustafsson (tr. from Swedish by John Irons):
Robert Pete Williams, “Rolling Stone,” rec. 1961:
"...witnesses are the Thursdays and the humerus bones, the loneliness, the rain, the roads..." <3
I do love the Hoffman line, but the Carolyn Forché made me go get the book. Again, as always, thanks! What a wonderful gift to start the year.