The Stream

The Stream

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Translating Poetry

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How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Translating Poetry

Every artistic act is a new start and a different kind of failure

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What the River Refuses to Say

A critical review of the current state of Hindi poetry

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This Nothing To Say

Discovering the nature of being in Gaultieri’s poetry

How Modern Tools Like Google Translate Succeed or Fail

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How Modern Tools Like Google Translate Succeed or Fail

You need more than AI to translate a poem

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Am I Making Art or Directing It?

Searching for the boundary between human touch and AI generated art

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O Night: Finding Solace in Isolation

How one poem eased the ache of modern isolation

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Dancing with Death

Five poets on death and the mystery of being

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The Peacock

From a simple sketch to an exercise in understanding beauty

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Which Thistles Are Edible?

Artichokes and their wild cousins: a quick guide to which thistles are edible

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Seeing the Ordinary

Giorgio Morandi discovered new ways of seeing beauty through exploring endless nuances in tone