Sunday, November 13, 2011

Queer Translation



Queer Translation
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“Genie”

She’s so affected—
that nelly gunrunner
slave-dealer down in
nasty Aden, she who
pissed in our drinks
and made our brief
charming visits to the
Parnassian tearoom
such a gay delight.

http://wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/intuitive-translation-and-experimental-writing-ashbery-and-rimbaud/


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