“Was it possible to live outside language? Naturally this question did not address itself to her in words, or as a single… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“When I spoke to her in Spanish I was not translating, I was not thinking my thoughts in English first, but I… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
A poem makes clear without making simple. Poetry's language carries what lives outside language. It's as if you were given a 5-gallon… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
When I started writing my stories, I thought that not only nobody outside my language, but nobody outside my neighbourhood would get… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image