Feminist & Sapphic Gothic

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

by Sappho

Anne Carson's luminous translation presents Sappho's fragmentary lyrics alongside the original Greek. Only one complete poem survives from the nine books Sappho composed on Lesbos; these shards of ancient verse shimmer with longing, desire, and the music of what remains.

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