He was a beneficiary of the post–World War II economic expansion, including tuition-free access to a local teachers college.
[1][circular reference] Recently he published a journal of impressions, incorporating historical information following a visit to the former Yugoslavia.
Azul Editions published the English language text: Vagabond Flags: Serbia & Kosovo (2009).
A collection of critical essays, Line Break: Poetry As Social Practice (1988) was reissued in 2005 with a foreword by Adrienne Rich.
The many translations and co-translations include Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound (1975) with C J Herington, “The Complete Plays of Sophocles” (2011) with Robert Bagg, various Latin American texts plus Quechua texts or songs teased from Spanish translations.