Awe by Mac Wellman Ruth Padel The myth around him survived

The myth around him survived thanks to the inclusion of fifteen poems from Defense of the Idol in the groundbreaking anthology Antología de poesía chilena nueva from 1935

It might even be the best translation of any poem I've ever seen

Hannah Bagshaw

all life is here

Awe by Mac Wellman Ruth Padel The myth around him survivedAWE is the tale of the three dead letters of the English language: Thorn, Eth, and AE (pronounced ). The teller of these stories, for there are more than one, is an old cat (O C) with the sad excuse of a story tale, er, tail; and a mess of other possible tails and worlds (that is), a mess of If(f)s; both blissful and broken by the sheer, immense particularity of it all; and so he glows in the dark. A wise cat among wonders. A cat who challenges all