Category: POETRY

• 40th read: Sappho; A New Translation of the Complete Works

  

  You might have seen my review of Come Close this past January. It was a nice introduction to Sappho, but I was disappointed in the lack of context & footnotes on the translation. Thankfully, fate has been kind to me lately. Her timing was immaculate. This new edition of Sappho’s complete works was released at…

  ReadRenard

  April 5, 2023

  5 STARS, ANCIENT GREECE, BOOK REVIEWS, COLLECTION, ENGLISH, HISTORICAL, MARCH 2023, POETRY, QUEER, ROMANCE

  André Lardinois, Diane J. Raylor, Sappho

• 12th read: Come Close (Little Black Classics)

  

  This small collection served its purpose: introducing me to Sappho. I read everything out loud twice and fell in love, but these pages only scratched the surface. It was a glimpse of the lake I might someday drown inside. I will seek poetry from Sappho again (different translators, so I can grasp nuances lost) with…

  ReadRenard

  January 12, 2023

  4 STARS, BOOK REVIEWS, COLLECTION, ENGLISH, HISTORICAL, JANUARY 2023, POETRY, QUEER, ROMANCE

  Sappho