Too many literary activities – i can’t even begin to describe the variety. Last week Dara Barnat had a party to celebrate her new book, Headwind Migration. That was in Tsomet Sfarim on Dizengoff Street. Tonight we welcome Seymour Mayne’s visit with a reading in Neve Tsedek. In between there was a discussion of the biography of Assia Gutmann, and a thousand other events i wasn’t involved in so decided to skip. Mostly out of pure exhaustion.

And would you believe it – this week will begin Hebrew Book Week.

 

Although i will probably never publish the talk i gave tonight at Mishkenot Shaananim about Assia Gutmann’s translations of Yehuda Amichai, I myself was amazed at what was discovered there about how translation can become confession. It was as though she was giving almost subliminal messages through her translations. Amichai’s poetry is always an experience to read, to immerse oneself in, to converse with. It is an honor to speak about his work, to share it with others,

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