Section Section Description Page Number
Preface p. ix
Part I Meeting The "I"
On Self-Translation p. 3
Part II Meditations
Alphabetizing p. 13
As It Were p. 15
Parable of Don Quixote p. 19
Finger Snapping p. 21
The Tenure Code p. 23
Transadaptation p. 27
Ellipses and I p. 31
On Clarity p. 35
Auto-Corrected p. 39
Part III Beyond Words
On Being Misunderstood p. 45
Against Representation: A Note on Borges''s Aleph p. 53
The Monkey Grammarian p. 59
Midrash on Truth p. 65
Don Quixote in Schlemieland p. 71
Dying in Hebrew p. 75
The Reading Life of Ricardo Piglia p. 89
Adiós, Chespirito p. 95
Part IV On Fútbol
"Sudden Death" p. 101
Van Persie''s Goal p. 105
Box of Resonance p. 107
Part V Language and Politics
Trump and the Wall p. 111
Why Doesn''t English Have an Academy? p. 115
Shakespeare in Prison p. 119
The Spanish Language in Latin America since Independence p. 123
Against "Diversity" p. 135
Rolling One''s R''s p. 139
Part VI Conversations
The Poet''s Alchemy Richard Wilbur p. 145
On Silence Charles Hatfield p. 157
Translating Cervantes Diana de Armas Wilson p. 167
The Color of Existence Ryan Mihaly p. 181
The Downpour of Inspiration Asymptote p. 193
The Translingual Sensibility Steven G. Kellman p. 197
Rescuing the Classics Lydia Davis p. 211
Part VII Onto Spanglish
Un Walker en Nuyol p. 219
Hamlet, Acto 2, Scene Dos [fragment] and Acto 3, Scene Uno p. 229
El Little Príncipe, Chapters I-IV p. 239
Don Quixote, Parte II, Chapter 72 p. 245
Spanglish and the Royal Academy p. 251
About the Author p. 253
Index p. 255