The Aspen Writers Foundation presents "Translating the Middle East" with Peter Cole and Rob Spillman
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Channel: The Aspen Institute · 2011 · Nonprofits & Activism
Aspen Summer Words 2011 For all the attention they receive, the cultures of the Middle East seem to resist understanding in the West. Tin House's Rob Spillman and poet Peter Cole discuss the place of translation and poetry in that charged context.
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