If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho Fiction_Gift_Guide she clings to the hope

she clings to the hope that one day her golden lilies will lead her out of slavery

a new school

three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter—the key to which lies buried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum

Many worry that criticism is suffering from a crisis of authority

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho Fiction_Gift_Guide she clings to the hopeIn this "gorgeous translation" (The New York Times), one of our most fearless and original poets provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia. Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived complete. The rest are fragments. In this miraculous new translation, acclaimed poet and classicist Anne Carson presents all of Sapphos fragments, in Greek