This is great Elena..so wonderful to hear you talk. I like to watch your hands move too. (visual person that I am!) Interesting that your favorite poet is George Oppen. We spent a summer with him in Deer Isle Maine. I’ll have to find the photos and send them to you. Also loved the part abt learning English and how you felt more comfortable writing poetry in English than speaking it when you were young.
bravo and thanks for sharing this.
love,
Melba
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Great interview. Too bad there is so much background noise! Very knowledgeable and informative and very real as a person.
A shame it was so noisy. A new venue and the only quiet place!
JD
This is great Elena..so wonderful to hear you talk. I like to watch your hands move too. (visual person that I am!) Interesting that your favorite poet is George Oppen. We spent a summer with him in Deer Isle Maine. I’ll have to find the photos and send them to you. Also loved the part abt learning English and how you felt more comfortable writing poetry in English than speaking it when you were young.
bravo and thanks for sharing this.
love,
Melba
Thank you, Elena, for sharing the wildly calm countryside you inhabit.
Love–Hugh