Queer literature isn’t just a modern phenomenon; it boasts a rich and diverse history that spans centuries. From the lyrical ...

The poems had Sappho's signature meter and language and, for the first time, her brothers' names, Charaxos and Larichos, which were only previously known from later biographical works about Sappho.

—with the poet Mary Barnard’s version of the same four words in her 1958 best-selling collection entitled Sappho: A New Translation: if you are squeamish don’t prod the beach rubble. Or, compare ...

The 5 best poetry collections of 2022. November 17, ... moonbeams — somebody / At a busy street corner advising / Where to shop for lipstick and mascara.” (“Sappho”) ...

Archaeology & History The Hunt: The Search for Sappho’s Lost Poetry Awaits a New Chapter. The Greek poet frequently pined for women in tender yet charged lines about love’s ravages.

Sappho fresco (Public domain/via Wikimedia) John J. Miller is joined by Jessica Hooten Wilson of Pepperdine University to discuss the poetry of Sappho. To Read the Full Story ...

Frank O’Hara (1926-1966) Frank O’Hara was an art critic, intellectual, poet, and prominent figure in the New York art world. He’s considered to be one of the first openly gay male poets.

Incredibly rare Sappho love poems discovered on tattered 1,700-year-old papyrus. Papyrus was part of an unidentified private collection of ancient artefacts ...

Only fragments remain of the work of Sappho, a poet born around 650 B.C.E. on ... Her dazzlingly sensual poems were written for women, and collections of her poetry are must-reads if you’re ...

Scholars of ancient literature find themselves in such a predicament with the Greek lyric poet Sappho, born in the late seventh century B.C. Her fame lives, but few of her poems survive. Last year, ...

Scholars of ancient literature find themselves in such a predicament with the Greek lyric poet Sappho, born in the late seventh century B.C. Her fame lives, but few of her poems survive. Last year, ...