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If it’s all Greek to you, Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ may be worth a read
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIs ‘Iliad’ a difficult read? What is the main story of ‘The Iliad’? What is ‘The Iliad’? How long is...
The Iliad Is Grim, Bloody, and Packed With Heroes. Are We Ready to Love It Again?
Slate via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“The Fight for the Body of Patroclus,” illustration from The Iliad for Boys and Girls, Alfred John...
The Torah as a great literary achievement
Gannett via AOL· 4 months agoIn the seventh and eighth chapters of the book of Nehemiah, Ezra the scribe and priest gathered the people of Israel. Standing on a platform he read aloud the text that we call the Torah, the ...
Newcomerstown Public Library highlights 'Banned Books Week'
The Times-Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEWCOMERSTOWN – They’re books you might have read to your children, or perhaps had read to you. “Goodnight Moon.” “If I Ran the Zoo.” “Winnie the Pooh.” “The Wizard of Oz.” “To Kill a Mockinbird ...
The best poetry books of 2024 so far
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThere’s a squib by James Fenton that runs “Jeremy Prynne, Jeremy Prynne, isn’t your oeuvre rather thynne?” It was already a hostage to fortune in 2001,...
Opinion: Trump videos send wildly different messages
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe former president began the week by sharing a video hawking a “God Bless the USA” Bible and ended it with one showing an image of President Joe Biden...
Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Star Shohei Ohtani Surprises Fans by Announcing Marriage
Us Weekly via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLos Angeles Dodgers baseball star Shohei Ohtani had a big surprise for his fans on Thursday,...
In search of an erased African: An acclaimed French novel probes a literary scandal
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMohamed Mbougar Sarr's 'The Secret Memory of Men' won French notoriety and acclaim for plumbing an African novelist's erasure — and now it's available in English.
