Category Archives: Portuguese

Elizabeth Bishop: “Brazil, January 1, 2015” or “Manuelzinho:?

May 1, 2015 The Table of Contents, the print anthology as a finite, bounded object — they loom large.   While they do that, though, this blog is going to hold out for a little longer, not going there yet. … Continue reading

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Tender is the Translation

June 20, 2012 Because of my online lectures on Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner, I’ve been getting inquiries about these authors from Asia, Europe, South America – many viewers of the Open Yale Courses are outside the US. This week I … Continue reading

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