A Conversation with Poet David Ferry on the Occasion of His 96th Birthday

In 2013, I corresponded with David Ferry by phone to conduct a wide-ranging interview on his poetry, translations, and literary life. He had just won the National Book Award for Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations and was still at work on Virgil’s Aeneid which he published in 2018. Today, on the occasion of his 96th […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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