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cherubrina's review against another edition
2.0
it’s actually ‘for a BOY’??????????i’m nauseous, i’m physically nauseous. what the hell
rrrinacore's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
mysterious
4.5
For all those who know the pain and beauty of Sapphic longing ♡
anpu325's review against another edition
5.0
Anne Carson does a great job with such a fragmentary corpus. Moving and profound.
christin_b's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
ohclaire's review against another edition
4.0
There is something so beautiful in this decay. Now, I don't think that Sappho's artistry was amplified by the very medium her writing was on being destroyed, but I do think that she would have found it interesting. So many of her verses feel like toasts, like oaths (my favorite being "Someone will remember us, I say, even in another time"), and there's a certain poetic asymmetry in the fact that these words of creation have been destroyed. Still, I wish the full version was out there; it's not as fitting to read blackout poetry when you're looking for a classic.