James Campbell’s biography of James Baldwin, “Talking at the Gates,” was reissued in a revised edition in 2021.
In 1958, a London radio producer suggested to the poet Christopher Logue that he translate a portion of Homer’s “Iliad” for broadcast on the BBC. Logue admitted that he knew no Greek. The producer, Donald Carne-Ross, reassured him: “Follow the story. A translator must know one language well. Preferably his own.” He told Logue to read other versions of the epic. Alexander Pope’s (1720) would be a good start.
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