If Not, Winter : Fragments of Sappho S.T. Gibson dried flowers

dried flowers

It's easier

historical research

An absorbing investigation into a little-known historical tragedy--an insurrection which upended a resilient and wealthy Black community who found themselves in the clutches of an insurrection at the turn of the twentieth century in Laurinburg

And she's afraid that she'll never measure up to Eli's late spouse

If Not, Winter : Fragments of Sappho S.T. Gibson dried flowersIn this gorgeous translation (The New York Times), one of our most fearless and original poets provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia. Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sappho's fragments, in Greek