“Translation makes me look at how a poem is put together in a different way, without the personal investment of the poem I'm writing myself, but equally closely technically.Quote by Marilyn HackerTopics: Quotes about Marilyn HackerShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
The pull between sound and syntax creates a kind of musical tension in the language...#Marilyn Hacker
I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French...#Marilyn Hacker
Translation is an interestingly different way to be involved both with poetry and with the...#Marilyn Hacker
When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with...#Marilyn Hacker
I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit...#Marilyn Hacker
Poetry seems to have been eliminated as a literary genre, and installed instead, as a...#Marilyn Hacker
Paris is a wonderful city. I can't say I belong to an especially anglophone community.#Marilyn Hacker
