The Selected Poems of Tu Fu I'm Working Here When Elaine Feinstein first read

When Elaine Feinstein first read Tsvetaeva's poems in the 1960s

het grensgebied tussen land en zee

Dat is herkenbaar en begrijpelijk en lang niet zo eenvoudig als het klinkt

Milkweed Smithereens gathers lively

The poems here are like silhouettes dashing out of the past and passing

The Selected Poems of Tu Fu I'm Working Here When Elaine Feinstein first readTu Fu, translation David Hinton A new and substantially expanded version of Hintons landmark translation of Tu Fu, published on the thirtieth anniversary of that original edition. Tu Fu (712770 C. E.) has for a millennium been widely considered the greatest poet in the Chinese tradition, and Hintons original translation played a key role in developing that reputation in America. Most of Tu Fus best poems were written in the last decade of his life, as