"part memory part distance remaining"
Richter, Bourgeois, Merwin, Issa, Melville, Mann, Valentine
Gerhard Richter (trans. David Britt):
Louise Bourgeois:
W.S. Merwin:
Kobayashi Issa (trans. Robert Hass):
Herman Melville:
Thomas Mann:
There he stood, suffering embarrassment for the mistake of thinking that one may pluck a single leaf from the laurel tree of art without paying for it with his life.
Jean Valentine:
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