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"We seek out ways to make time stop. That only happens in moments of total attention, which is why we pursue them." Anne Carson speaks to @KateDwyer

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The Paris Review
"Throwing Yourself Into the Dark": A Conversation with Anne Carson - The Paris Review
Empty space is one of Carson's creative playgrounds. 'Lecture on the History of Skywriting'-the centerpiece of her latest collection, Wrong Norma- is narrated by the sky, or space itself personified.
Formally, where other Sappho translators have filled the gaps between the ancient poet's fragments, Carson's If Not, Winter marks the negative space with brackets, emphasizing that lines and stanzas have been lost to history.
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