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Nov. 25th, 2024 03:53 pmmy mom broke her wrist and i just got back to my dorm from the hospital. i spent the weekend at my mom's and brought back two poetry books.
one is "the collected poems of dylan thomas", printed in 1957!
i bought it from the cutest secondhand bookshop in great barrington, massachusetts while i was there working at dunkin for the summer! i've been wanting to read dylan thomas for a while now, but none of his works were printed here in turkey and i couldn't find any foreign prints either. i first heard about him through the song "dylan thomas" by better oblivion community center (the indie musical duo of phoebe bridgers and conor oberst of bright eyes) and honestly i'm interested in anything conor oberst mentions so i just had to get the book! oh i also bought a vinyl of the album this song is in from the record shop right next door.
the second book i brought is the collected poems of rimbaud, who is my all time favourite poet! the cool thing about this book is that it's a "bilingual edition" of the book, which means on the left, you'll see the original text (which is french) and on the right it'll be the translated (english) version. while i do know french, i study french literature, it's just so fun seeing how someone translates texts, especially poems. i feel like i'm reading two separate poets, authors.
one is "the collected poems of dylan thomas", printed in 1957!
i bought it from the cutest secondhand bookshop in great barrington, massachusetts while i was there working at dunkin for the summer! i've been wanting to read dylan thomas for a while now, but none of his works were printed here in turkey and i couldn't find any foreign prints either. i first heard about him through the song "dylan thomas" by better oblivion community center (the indie musical duo of phoebe bridgers and conor oberst of bright eyes) and honestly i'm interested in anything conor oberst mentions so i just had to get the book! oh i also bought a vinyl of the album this song is in from the record shop right next door.
the second book i brought is the collected poems of rimbaud, who is my all time favourite poet! the cool thing about this book is that it's a "bilingual edition" of the book, which means on the left, you'll see the original text (which is french) and on the right it'll be the translated (english) version. while i do know french, i study french literature, it's just so fun seeing how someone translates texts, especially poems. i feel like i'm reading two separate poets, authors.
