Recommendations from our site
“One interesting book for fans of the great epic poem of the Augustus years, the Aeneid, is a literary biography of its author, Vergil. Vergil: The Poet’s Life is by American scholar and translator Sarah Ruden. Other than his poem, we don’t know much about the author, so Ruden has to do a lot of heavy lifting, but why not? Ruden recently translated the Aeneid, and you can also read her Five Books interview about Vergil.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction of Fall 2023
Sophie Roell, Journalist
