I'm grateful my Iliad translation was long-listed for the PEN America poetry in translation award. If it wins, I will donate the prize money to wearenotnumbers.org. PEN America has not responded adequately to the horrific crisis in Gaza.

The short list of #Runciman2024 has been announced.

It’s a brilliant selection. Read, learn and enjoy!

Details here.

anglohellenicleague.org/news/judges-an…

If you are in Philadelphia, come next week, April 18, to see/hear Joseph Medeiros do his amazing performance of Odyssey 1-3, entirely in the original. Fun and fascinating whether or not you can understand any of the Greek. classics.upenn.edu/events/departm…

Great resources for beginners learning/ self-studying Ancient Greek, from Laura Gibbs greekreaders.blogspot.com/2024/03/dail...

I'll be in Boston talking about the Iliad on April 11. All welcome! events.bc.edu/event/retransl…

Yesterday my dentist revealed that she was a Haverford Classics major! I couldn't reply, but if any interested dentists are reading, I'll be at Haverford April 3, visiting their marathon reading of my Iliad translation (around 12.30). All welcome.haverford.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9…

What a moving essay about death and grief. Thank you for it.

If you happen to be in Baltimore tomorrow, Wednesday March 27 - I hope you are ok. And if you are interested, I'll be talking about translating the Iliad at Johns Hopkins in the evening, emilyrcwilson.com/appearances/20…

It was wonderful to talk to the brilliant Kamran Javadizadeh about Sappho, poetics, sparrows, and crushes!

I was moved to visit to meet many brilliant U of King's College students in beautiful drizzle-grey Halifax, all so excited about Homer & great books & a better world. Lovely to meet scriptrix and visit the iconic fold-up dream-house bookshop king's co-op bookstore. What an amazing community!

Get ready to travel back in time! 'The Iliad' wins the Literary Fiction & Classics Audie! Congrats to Homer, Emily Wilson, and Audible! #Audies2024

I am thrilled that Audra Mcdonald has won a much-deserved Audie audiobook award, for her virtuosic performance of my Iliad translation. It's not easy to maintain that level of intensity for over 20 hours, but she nailed it.
audible.com/blog/article-a…

I hope readers of my Iliad translation find it both gripping and moving, and in some ways very alien, both because of formal poetic qualities (like regular meter and weird metaphors) and because it evokes a very ancient mythical world.

'And I will witness many horrors—sons
slaughtered and daughters dragged away as slaves
and houses ransacked and the little children
hurled to the ground amid the massacre...'

Tune in tonight to watch Dr Emily Wilson talk about her superb new metrical translation of Homer's #Iliad with Charlotte Higgins, and the epic poem's entwined themes of rage and grief. Classical Association Ireland TCDClassics The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon No booking required. 8pm, online:
classicsnow.ie/2024-events/th…

I'm looking forward to talking on zoom for this Classics for All event -- in half an hour, Jan 25th, 2pm EST/ 7pm GMT. For young classicists (high school / college), all welcome!

This is later today, January 24, in Georgetown DC and streaming - all welcome!