Sappho

Anne Carson (Autobiography of Red, Decreation, Men in the Off Hours, Plainwater, The Beauty of the Husband, If Not, Winter, Caretaking a New Soul, Red Doc>)

Anne Carson was twice a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; was honored with the 1996 Lannan Award and the 1997 Pushcart Prize, both for poetry; and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2000. In 2001 she received the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry–the first woman to do so; the Griffin Poetry Prize; and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She currently teaches at the University of Michigan. (added from Random House)… (more)

Anne Carson (Autobiography of Red, Decreation, Men in the Off Hours, Plainwater, The Beauty of the Husband, If Not, Winter, Caretaking a New Soul, Red Doc>)

Anne Carson was twice a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; was honored with the 1996 Lannan Award and the 1997 Pushcart Prize, both for poetry; and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2000. In 2001 she received the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry–the first woman to do so; the Griffin Poetry Prize; and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She currently teaches at the University of Michigan. (added from Random House)… (more)

Anne Carson (Autobiography of Red, Decreation, Men in the Off Hours, Plainwater, The Beauty of the Husband, If Not, Winter, Caretaking a New Soul, Red Doc>)

Anne Carson was twice a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; was honored with the 1996 Lannan Award and the 1997 Pushcart Prize, both for poetry; and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2000. In 2001 she received the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry–the first woman to do so; the Griffin Poetry Prize; and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She currently teaches at the University of Michigan. (added from Random House)… (more)

Anne Carson, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho.; Yopie Prins discusses Homer and Sappho.

• 6:30pm A Performance of Bracko with Anne Carson, Robert Currie and friends • 7:00pm Passwords: Yopie Prins on Homer and Sappho This evening dedicated to classical Greek poetry begins with a performance of Bracko, orchestrated by poet/translator Anne Carson and artist Robert Currie, based on Carson's translations If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho. Scholar Yopie Prins, author of Victorian Sappho and several essays on the poet, will present a talk on Homer's influence on Sappho. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members (rmharris)… (more)