‘into a world that is eerie, strange, and fantastic’: An Interview with Ciarán Carson November 6, 2012: Head over to The Spectator for this interview with poet and translator Ciarán Carson. Most the discussion centers around his recent translation of Rimbaud's "Illuminations." A sample: How heavily did you lean on previous translations that exist of Illuminations for this project? I began by working from Louise Varèse and Oliver [...] by Harriet Staff