When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience.
David AntinI learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.
David AntinIt's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel.
David AntinThe Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.
David Antin