The Lines That Follow Me Home: Ten Openings from Translated Poems
A personal mixtape of ten first lines from translated poems—not a ranking, not a canon, just the openings that make me reread, recite, and want to try my own hand at the next line.
The Room Hears the Poem First: A Field Guide to Bilingual Audio
A poem read aloud in two languages is never just two versions of the same text. This guide walks through what breath, pause, pacing, and room sound can teach translators and listeners, with a practical recording checklist and a listener's map for first encounters.
Seven Ways Into a Poem You Can't Read: Translation Drills for Monolingual Poets
You do not need a second language to use translation as a generative engine. These seven exercises — built for MFA seminars, library writing groups, and one person at a kitchen table — turn a poem you can't read into raw material for poems you can write.