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Anne Carson

Variations on the Right to Remain Silent

Variations on the Right to Remain Silent

An essay on translation, silence, and cliché by Anne Carson.

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    “An essay on the untranslatable that I think about often. Catastrophe as rage against cliché. Originally published in issue 7 of A Public Space.”

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