tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post5746865747226849434..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Pia Tafdrup: Over the Water I Walk - 2David McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-26058656897649569032009-05-05T21:10:00.000+01:002009-05-05T21:10:00.000+01:00What Tafdrup says is food for thought.Especially w...What Tafdrup says is food for thought.Especially when she says:<br /><br />"There can never be talk of art unless the private material is worked over and even the darkest events or most shocking experiences transformed into light."<br /><br />And goes on to reason that "the partial should not oppress the universal".<br /><br />That seems to be the problem in much contemporary poetry that you see Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com