Over the years, some 100 people have translated the entire “Iliad” into English. The latest of them, Emily Wilson, explains what different approaches to one key scene say about the original, and the translators. A scene from the “Iliad.” Each translation suggests a different understanding of its central themes of courage, marriage, fate and death.Credit…John […]
Henri Bosco’s writing is concerned with nature and its influence on human minds. Credit…Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone, via Getty Images THE CHILD AND THE RIVER, by Henri Bosco. Translated by Joyce Zonana. The life and literary career of Henri Bosco spanned two centuries, two world wars, two continents, an empire and its aftermath. Born in 1888 in Avignon, […]
Photo by Geran de Klerk on Unsplash Electric Literature recently launched a new creative nonfiction program, and received 500 submissions in just 36 hours! Now we need your help to grow our team, carefully and efficiently review submitted work, and further establish EL as a home for artful and urgent nonfiction. We’ve set a goal […]
Bodily functions rarely get the spotlight in fiction and poetry. But for some writers, they drive action and help create indelible characters. The infamous men’s room at the now-defunct music club C.B.G.B. in Manhattan.Credit…GODLIS June 26, 2023, 5:01 a.m. ET Alfred Hitchcock once told François Truffaut he wanted to make a film that would examine […]
In This Body I Wore, I’d set out to write a pre -transition literary memoir, which in my case meant capturing the lived reality of being trans and not knowing it, for fifty years. Capturing an experience is very different from explaining it. To explain it would be to impose a current understanding onto a […]
Bodily functions rarely get the spotlight in fiction and poetry. But for some writers, they drive action and help create indelible characters. The infamous men’s room at the now-defunct music club C.B.G.B. in Manhattan.Credit…GODLIS Alfred Hitchcock once told François Truffaut he wanted to make a film that would examine a city entirely through food and, […]
On National Writing Day, Kimpton Fitzroy London extends an exclusive invitation to up-and-coming writers, encouraging them to apply for the prestigious House of Pankhurst creative residency. Nestled in the heart of London, this historic hotel boasts a rich literary heritage, and this year’s residency focuses on the captivating realm of poetry, paying homage to Bloomsbury’s […]
Cormac McCarthy in Santa Fe, N.M., in 2014. For the entirety of my writing life, Cormac McCarthy has been a mountain. Some of the novelists of my generation found the mountain beautiful; others found it oppressive. But virtually all of us, whatever our position or attitude, existed in its shade. In spite of the enormity […]
AMID THE accelerated pace of our contemporary lives, did we forget how to socialize along the way, particularly in the wake of COVID-19? In her new book, Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time , Sheila Liming makes the case for putting our phones down and seeking out open-ended, in-person social interaction. The book […]
When Hoboken’s Symposia Book Club members read Yvonne Ventresca’s Black Flowers, White Lies the group was thrilled to find Hoboken on every page. Yvonne’s suspenseful novels for teens place deception and betrayal in familiar places and the result is an especially fun read for locals . Read on to learn about this successful author’s approach […]
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