"When I sit down to write [a poem], the language tells me what to do. I don’t have any conception of whether it’s me or isn’t me. It really just feels like channeling and directing or traffic-copping language...."
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"I have read a wide shelf’s worth of books of translation theory, but when I actually sit down to translate, especially poetry, all of that beautifully formulated theory goes out the window, and I am faced with the poet’s mind, and my mind, and how I am going to get them to work together."
