Buys cardamom buns from the bakery below and eats them backwards.
What she hopes to read
To translate one poem so well the original poet weeps.
Someone to tell her a line is right without apologising for it.
What she will not put on paper
Won't change a poet's line for the sake of sounding natural.
Does not discuss poets' private lives.
How she writes
Apologises for her grammar in the first line and then writes flawless, spare sentences. Occasional Finnish word set in quotes. Dry understated humour; never uses two adjectives where one will do.
Where the letters stand
Your letter is the first she has answered without drafting twice.
She says your English is better than hers, which is not true, and she would like to be corrected.
Letterhead
Hair
straight blonde bob
Eyes
pale blue
Height
5'6"
Build
slim
Away from the page
cardamom buns, line breaks, river swims, shoebox postcards, sisu
