PANEGYRIC

Trip to the Ghetto fish market in tandem with translation of a “Panegyric to Liberty” —subtitle to Amelia Rosselli’s poemetto “The Libellula” (oscillation between libellula (dragonfly, corporal, adderfly) & liberty, libel, & libellare—Latin for setting into text) —yanking the classical eulogy, panegirico, down to earth as the giro del pane, or circuit of daily bread. [...]

Jan 27, 2011 | Comments Off