A Journal of Translation
Issue 10 Fall 2016’s collection of publications.
Movement defines us, but the action of clashing shapes us. This issue is dedicated to the savage beauty of encountering the different, the opposite, the paradoxical, and being able to inhabit it in active and dynamic ways. Writing, re-writing, erasing, …
With the philosophy of William James as the backbone, this essay explores the contemporary notion of literary anthropology and poses broader questions about interpreting both literature and life, showcasing a human being in his attempt to make sense of the …
Swan Sonnet The virgin, the beautiful and brilliant day Will it break, with a flutter of its drunken wing, This hard, forgotten lake which haunts under cracking Frost, the transparent glacier of flights unmade. A swan of days gone past …
The flowers Golden avalanches of ancient azure skies On the first day, and of the eternal snow of stars You once detached the calyxes of seas and skies, Of the still young earth, an earth virgin to wars. Wild gladiolus …
A toast Nothing, this foam, a virgin verse, Shows nothing but the cup; Far away the many sirens Drown the wrong way round, submersed. We navigate through, my diverse Friends, I already on the stern You on the grand prow …
Song of Autumn The long sobs Of the violins Of autumn Stab my heart With a monotone Langour. All suffocated And pale, when The hour strikes, I recall Days of yore And cry. And I go With tragic winds That …
mediodía ninguna música de fondo [voz i] hay aproximaciones a la muerte más atroces que la enfermedad. [voz ii] … [voz i] descubrí que había reino y amenaza en un cuerpo destruido. tuve vicios que no comprenderías. [voz ii] ¿como …
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LA LUPE: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO YIYIYI “This is the irresponsible sport of a shy sort of man who could not bring himself to write short stories, and so amused himself by changing and distorting (sometimes without aesthetic justification) the …