我是在休斯敦完成为这一本选集筛选诗歌的工作的,在我每年到德克萨斯州小住的第一个星期期间。最初的几天总是十分困难的;美国的城市,纽约除外,对于欧洲来客能够提供的事物不多。美国城市似乎在说:现在你得依靠自己,自己想办法吧。你能遇到友好的人,但是不要指望街 I finished my work of screening poetry for this anthology in Houston during the first week of my small trip to Texas each year. The first few days are always very difficult; with the exception of New York, a city in the United States, there is not much that Europeans can offer. The U.S. cities seem to be saying: Now you have to rely on yourself, think of it. You can meet friendly people, but do not count on the street