Read the following texts by Forrest Gander in issue 2:
A Clearing
Homage to Translation: Mexico
Homage to Translation: Benjamin in Japan
Homage to Translation: Argentina
Read Jaime Saenz, as translated by Kent Johnson and Forrest Gander.
Forrest Gander is the author of books of poems, translations, and prose, much of it published by New Directions. He has edited several anthologies of poems in translation and individual books by Mexican and Latin American writers. The recipient of the Nobel Maxwell Memorial Prize, Pushcart Prize, Gertrude Stein Award, and awards from PEN, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Whiting and the Guggenheim foundations, Gander publishes critical essays for numerous journals, including The Nation, The Boston Review, and The Providence Journal. He is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Brown University in Rhode Island. His website can be found here.