I think translation is an impossible job, and I admire the people who do it in a way that brings poetry to us that we wouldn't have access to.
Joan LarkinPeople need what they think of as a poem to be read at their bar mitzvah, their wedding, a funeral, whatever. And people are looking for hope and inspiration. I understand that.
Joan LarkinMy books have come many years apart and each one seems to reflect a period of experience. Ending the book is like putting a period on a certain movement. Interior and external - both.
Joan Larkin