Stephen Sartarelli is a poet and translator living in France. His recent works include a collection of poems, The Open Vault (Spuyten Duyvil), and Songbook: Selected Poems of Umberto Saba (Sheep Meadow), winner of the Raiziss/DePalchi Award of the Academy of American Poets.
One notable casualty of the
diplomatic tug-of-war between France and the United States over the
American-led invasion and occupation of Iraq has been verbal
restraint.


