After taking over from George Plimpton, Brigid Hughes was pushed out as the editor of The Paris Review and omitted from the magazine’s history.
Literature
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Misogyny, Translated
The first woman translator of Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ subtly unpacks the politics of the poem — and of the male translators that preceded her.
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The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ Into English
How classicist Emily Wilson cut through centuries of literary tradition to produce a fresh verse epic.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized
Searching for Poet Frank Stanford
Traveling to Arkansas to search for mythic poet Frank Stanford.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
The Itch and the Touch
Families are complicated. Caring for Grandpa John was even more so.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
Mr. Throat and Me
When life’s greatest pleasure is the one you have to quit.
Posted inArts & Culture, Reading List, Unapologetic Women
The Mastery and Magic of Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah
With her profiles of Toni Morrison, Dave Chapelle, James Baldwin, and more, Ghansah is an unparalleled chronicler of black excellence.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
The Whistleblower in the Family
After her father was arrested for fraud, Pearl Abraham began the the slow, painful process of unraveling her Hasidic family ties.
Posted inFiction, Story
And How Much of These Hills Is Gold
In this short story, the children of Chinese miners in the frontier West struggle to survive after their parents’ death.