In 2008, Horace Engdahl, chair of the Swedish Academy that awards the Noble Prize Committee in Literature, made a fair point when he said that Americans “don’t translate enough,” as one of the reasons why few Americans are on the short list for the prize.… continue reading...
Reviewed: Peregrinary by Eugeniusz Tkaczszyn-Dycki, translated from the Polish by Bill Johnston, Zephyr Press, 2008, $14.95
Translator Bill Johnston observes that Eugeniusz Tkaczszyn-Dycki’s hyphenated last name is a bit much even for Poles, and I follow their (and Johnston’s) custom in referring to the poet henceforth as Dycki—pronounced Dits-kee.… continue reading...
Reviewed:
The Collected Poems by Kenneth Koch. Knopf, 761 pages.
On the Edge. Collected Long Poems by Kenneth Koch. Knopf, 411 pages.
Many poems by Kenneth Koch seem written to amuse and instruct a roomful of undergraduates.… continue reading...
