Two for Tuesday: Let’s write a novel about publishing together!
Topics discussed: Thomas Pynchon, our Thomas Pynchon petition, the huge success of our Thomas Pynchon petition, liking books, loving books, #amreading, the We Love Books Party, the Constitution Party, arsenic,… Read more »
Two new poems by Sappho discovered on an ancient scrap of papyrus
Two new works by the Greek poet Sappho have been discovered on an ancient piece of papyrus. James Romm writes at The Daily Beast that the poems were discovered when the anonymous… Read more »
Uncovering the sounds of Ancient Greek poetry
It is easy to forget that Ancient Greek tragedies and epics composed by writers such as Homer and Euripides were originally set to music. Consideration of this important aspect of… Read more »