A Simple, Difficult Lesson in Thai

Peter Dale Scott is a former Canadian diplomat and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His poetry includes the trilogy Seculum: Coming to Jakarta (1988), Listening to the Candle (1992) and Minding the Darkness (2000), and also Murmur of the Stars (1994). His new book of poems, Mosaic Orpheus, will appear from McGill-Queen’s University Press in 2009. His website is peterdalescott.net. In 2002, he received the Lannan Poetry Award.