What do monarch butterflies have to do with translation?
In this interview with Griffin Trustee Ian Williams, Canadian translator George McWhirter and Mexican poet Homero Aridjis discuss their decades-long friendship and collaboration, reveal fascinating insights into their multilayered translation process, and share what role enthusiasm plays in their work. They also read “Soy un indocumentado de la eternidad / I Am an Undocumented in Eternity” from their shortlisted collection, Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence (New Directions Publishing).
