"This anthology - the first of its kind - gathers essays, poems-in-translation, and worksheets from noted translators who discuss their methods, their muses, and the forces of imagination necessary to bring a poem from one language into another. Languages discussed include Chinese (ancient and modern), Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Khmer, and Sanskrit. The twenty-two contributors include John Balaban, Willis Barnstone, Jane Hirshfield, Sam Hamill, W. S. Merwin, Gary Snyder, and Arthur Sze."--BOOK JACKET.