November 30, 2011

The Laureate of Everyday

November 30, 2011/ Stephen Akey

As a young man, the Roman poet Horace ran from battle; when he was older, he turned down a job offer from Augustus Caesar. He refused to write epics, but he gave readers something even better, and it insured his immortality.

May 31, 2011

Primal Mysteries

May 31, 2011/ Lorraine Martinuik

In his latest collection, The Wrecking Light, Robin Robertson blends the voices of generations of Scottish/Celtic bards and balladeers into his own unique style of poetry.

November 30, 2009

Keeping Up with the Romans: The Better Part of Me

November 30, 2009/ Steve Donoghue

When he was banished for life from Rome, Ovid was trying to alter his artistic forms with his Metamorphoses. Trace the transformations in Steve Donoghue’s final “Year with the Romans”