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Douglas J. Penick

Douglas J. Penick
Douglas J. Penick has published widely and written texts for operas that have been performed at the Munich Biennale and the Santa Fe Opera. Wakefield Press published his and the late Charles Ré’s translation of Pascal Quignard’s A Terrace In Rome. His book of essays, The Age of Waiting, exploring the sensibility of ecological collapse, came out in 2021 from Arrowsmith Press.


Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

Douglas J. Penick on Capturing the Essence of South Asian Mythology For a Contemporary Western Audience
October 7, 2024  By Douglas J. Penick
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