Robert Teeter
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Forrest Gander:
In "Then Come Back," your new translation of Pablo Neruda's "lost poems," you say, "There's a love poem that turned my solar plexus into a cavern." I'm guessing it might be number 4 for its complexity and surrealism. Which one did you have in mind?
Forrest Gander
Geeze, Robert. I just saw this-- two years late. So sorry. Yes, a lot of people (and critics) consider 4 the major poem of the book for just the reasons you cite. I was thinking of the much simpler poem number 2. Its simplicity is part of its appeal to me. But I go back and forth on different days. I'm glad you were reading the book.
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Anthony Conty
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Forrest Gander:
I just finished "Be With" yesterday and wrote a file worth of quotes from the poems. “Despostions of carnage, catches of light. Our legacy mission. A carcass of the unspoken aullando”. How do you relate to so many opinions coming out about the border from those who have obviously been there? I am a middle school Spanish teacher and finds the cultural parts interesting.
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