"we are all just prisoners here
of our own device"
—"Hotel California"
What three versions of Beowulf tell us about translation.
"FOUR PAINTERS (Lipograms*)
Vincent van Gogh
can achieve the evening;
he cannot
negotiate night.
…
Paul Cézanne
can puzzle a plane:
a nuance can peel an apple.
…
Salvador Dalí is viral:
a vivid iris; a sordid oasis.
…
Pablo Picasso spills classics.
…
(*Each stanza= letters of name)"
—Anthony Etherin


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