"Throwing Yourself Into the Dark": A Conversation with Anne Carson - The Paris Review
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from The Paris Review2 weeks ago
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.
The Paris Reviewhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/04/17/throwing-yourself-into-the-dark-a-conversation-with-anne-carson/
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.
The Paris Reviewhttps://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/04/17/throwing-yourself-into-the-dark-a-conversation-with-anne-carson/
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