Hesperus, you reunite
What dawn divides from one another”
The businessman and the suburb,
The couple and their chronic argument,
The toddler in daycare with his frazzled mother.
In Praise of Translation
This essay was delivered as the 38th Annual Erasmus Lecture. The circumstances of my life have been…
Caravaggio and Us
Nicolas Poussin, the greatest French artist of the seventeenth century, once said that Caravaggio had come into…
Canticle of All Creatures
This poem was written by St. Francis of Assisi, and translated by Dana Gioia. Most high, all…