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“... A Sor Juana Anthology presents a selection of the Mexican nun’s work in excellent versions by Alan Trueblood. It successfully reflects the versatility of Sor Juana, whose styles range from spirited popular lyrics, some incorporating snatches of Nahuatl or Afro-Spanish refrains, to the learned conceits of her full-blown Gongorist manner. Particularly ...”

“... leaning. ‘For an accurate translation of Machado’s words’, Paterson refers us to Alan Trueblood’s selection, which gives, he says, ‘a more reliable reflection of the surface life of Machado’s verse’. I assume Paterson is not asking us not to read Machado, only to refrain from petty comparisons, and to treat his own versions as ...”

“... a prison sentence, as in the following lines from a poem called ‘La Luna’ (translated here by Alan Trueblood): Siempre se pierde lo esencial. Es una Ley de toda palabra sobre el numen. No la sabrá eludir este resumen De mi largo commercio con la luna. The essential thing is what we always miss. From this law no one will be immune nor will this ...”