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Slow Return…
A few of you noticed my recent hiatus, which happened to coincide with a visit to Mexico, from which I returned dog sick (not pig sick, I assure you). I mention this only to explain my slow return, and to let you know that I’ll have a few words about my reading experiences in my version of Paradise over the next several posts. In the meantime, I want to recommend this essay by Mark Edmundson, published in the latest issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.Read More
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The Dilemma of Multiple Translations
Ron Slate has a thorough and thoughtful review here of the recently released Songbook: Selected Poems of Umberto Saba, from Yale University Press. If my pockets weren’t empty of everything but balls of lint I’d snap up a copy, but this publication—as sometimes happens with translations—presents a dilemma: I already have a copy of Songbook: Selected Poems from the Canzoniere of Umberto Saba, published in 1998 by The Sheep Meadow Press.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
