tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19296105.post8849286112651419654..comments2009-10-14T20:59:58.497-07:00Paul Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12071698965914855472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19296105.post-36472488418521389412009-10-14T20:59:58.497-07:002009-10-14T20:59:58.497-07:00Clayton Eshleman has stories about Cesar Vallejo&#39;s widow&#39;s management of his literary estate. She was overly protective of rights, as I recall, thus risking the stifling of his wonderful work.Paul Hooverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12071698965914855472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19296105.post-54632431105806240922009-10-14T14:48:15.094-07:002009-10-14T14:48:15.094-07:00Hi, Paul. I&#39;m browsing around your blog, looking for one of your Vietnamese translations I found here a while back--Julie Carr just sent me one of your translations and I wanted to share this favorite poem with her. In the course of searching I found your Traherne post and took note of this:<br /><br />&quot; His literary estate was so carelessly managed by his brother, who also conventionalized the language and spelling of some works, that his poems were first published as the work of Susanna Hopton, a religious leader who had been Traherne&#39;s friend.&quot;<br /><br />Literary estate management is such an odd thing. I have a few few funny stories from when I was at UC Press, which I will tell you some time. But here&#39;s one I can put into writing: I was working with someone at the Beineke on a Marianne Moore project and she told me that Moore&#39;s nieces managed her estate and were not helpful to Moore fans and scholars and were once heard to say something like, &quot;She wasn&#39;t really a very good poet, anyway.&quot; <br /><br />I will be in Silicon Valley next Tuesday for work but am hoping to get back in time for your Moe&#39;s reading. I think that&#39;s the night for Sonnet 56, if I remember correctly. Congratulations and have fun.<br /><br />Linda NortonRecording Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16946883192189125771noreply@blogger.com