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From: Harper's Magazine | Date: September 1, 2001 | Copyright information

The introduction to Constantine P. Cavafy's poem "The Ships" [Readings, May] incorrectly stated that the translation, by Theoharis Constantine Theoharis, was the first and only English translation of the poem--information provided to us by Harcourt, Inc., publishers of Before Time Could Change Them: The Compl...

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