Tag: Chile
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arte-ing with vicente huidobro
This week I’m happy to share a translation of a poem by Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro. What moves me about this week’s poem is how closely the logic of the lines play out some of Huidobro’s ideas on poetry. For Huidobro, the poet was a “maker” and creator of “new worlds that never existed before,…
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bolaño: a lyrical alignment
I recently reread Robert Bolaño’s novel “The Savage Detectives.” I first read it in 2008. I had just moved to Oregon after completing my MFA, two years in NYC that were a combination of awe and awful. To be a young poet anywhere is to be confused and enchanted – and able to use words…
The Friday Influence 