Julio Cortázar (tr. from Spanish by Paul Blackburn):
Laura Riding:
Anonymous, from the Book of Job (tr. from Hebrew by Stephen Mitchell):
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Zbigniew Herbert (tr. from Polish by John and Bogdana Carpenter):
Jean Valentine:
Jackie McLean, “It’s Time!,” rec. August 5, 1964:
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God answering Job is terrifying. Were clocks or time mentioned or did I miss it? I have read Mitchell's Gilgamesh, will have to check out this translation.