A review by laura_sackton
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho

Beautiful and eerie. Carson uses brackets to great effect, marking where Sappho's words have been lost. It's both extraordinary and heartbreaking, reading these tiny fragments of poems. The spaces where words and lines are missing echo louder than the words that are present, sometimes. It's also just stunning to read these sharp, imaginative, and graceful lines from so long ago.

One of my favorites: "just now goldensandaled dawn"