Andrew,
I am on your side in this battle. I think Ms. Vendler is out of her depth and has raised a real issue about translation that should have been discussed in a different context entirely. To claim that your work is anything less than admirable because poetry-in-translation is no poetry at all is facile and disingenuous.
I am an admirer of HV and her work, generally. But here she has gone too far out ion a very weak limb. I hope, as Janice says, that your rejoinder is published --as I hope my critique of her critical methodology is, as well. You and your work deserve better than this.
Regards, and congratulations, just the same ---on the publication and on garnering Ms V's attention. No small feat, either.
Regards
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