What Sparks Poetry:
Keene Carter on David Ferry's The Odes of Horace
"The genius for a simple clarity is what makes all of Ferry’s Horace and Virgil so commendable, and his verse is proof as well that 'simple clarity' is not 'economy,' nor less and stranger language. That he adds a word or removes a god is hardly worth attacking when the former makes for grace and the latter is a name we neither cared about nor said correctly. Instead, like the King James translators, he understands that another language is another material, and one cannot build a wooden house from marble. The attempt will last forever." |
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Faber & Faber Poetry Editor Matthew Hollis Steps Down
"For over a decade, Matthew has steered one of the great lists in world literature, a list which he has reinvigorated through a combination of open-minded, open-hearted vision and an extraordinary level of editorial care. The result, today, is a list of surpassing quality and range, a furnace of literary brilliance that continues to evolve and inspire; a precious, thrilling legacy for the next Poetry Editor to take forward."
via FABER & FABER |
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