Robert Bly discusses his book, “The Winged Energy of Delight,” which is a compilation of translated poems from twenty-two different poets. He goes on to explain the difficulty of translating poetry that encompasses so many various places and time periods. Bly also discusses his own original poetry and his co-founding and subsequent involvement in the organization, American Writers Against the Vietnam War. He goes on to compare the role writers played in the anti-war movement in the 1960s to their role in the current anti-war movement. Throughout the interview Bly gives several readings of both his translated poems and his original work.
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