Honestly, I don't have nearly as much appreciation for English verse as I do Homer, Ovid, or other classics in their original tongues regardless of meter.
I can appreciate Wilson's translation being more literal than Fagles' in parts, but she also made decisions that show her
You calmly explain to your girlfriend that only psychopaths want this. Then you reevaluate your own life choices that led you to having sex with a psychopath.
As if women don't have bad takes on male characters. I haven't met a single man who doesn't get teary-eyed at this scene, yet I've met so many women who only remember Boromir as "the bad guy who tried to steal the ring".
Hello, #WritingCommunity!
I see lots of folks doing introductions, so here we go.
I spent my time in grad school studying classics and medieval history. It's given me some great ideas for my novels, and I just had another highly successful book signing today!
That's too bad. A young woman approached me with similar intent when she learned I was soon going to be doing my first book signing at the Barnes and Nobel cafe we were at. I think I hit her pretty hard with a firehose of information from my experiences.
I wonder if these young ladies will come to thank inflation for driving us all into poverty or if they'll never get beyond "my greedy boss won't pay me enough"?