Nelly Sachs
CHILD
child
in the whirlwind of departure
pushing your toes' white flaming foam
against the burning ring of the horizon
seeking death's...
Continue Reading
Books in Brief | Friday Pick
Herewith a fresh selection of our favorite recent poetry, fiction, and biography in translation from Ukrainian, Hungarian, Czech, and Italian.
Friday Pick: Frederick Seidel’s Nice Weather
Frederick Seidel's 15th collection of poems is written in what Edward Said called "late style." Rather than displaying a torrid self-questioning of the poet's previous achievements, as Said defines late style writing, the poems in Seidel's book retain the inimitable voice he has developed over the past 50 years, but use it to confront death with more sobriety than ever before.