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The NS Poem: Account

A new poem by Josephine Balmer.

By Josephine Balmer

The NS Poem: Account

Destruction Horizon

By Josephine Balmer

Emily Wilson sensitively considers The Odyssey’s original poetic purpose and resonance

By Josephine Balmer

Man in the mirror-ball: Simon Armitage’s The Unaccompanied

By Josephine Balmer

A muse is for sharing: Fiona Sampson’s Lyric Cousins

By Josephine Balmer

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Poem: Gloss

Poem: Gloss

I started with alpha: Abdeluktos. / Above blame.

By Josephine Balmer

Revisiting Catullus, from political battles to Roman contraception

Revisiting Catullus, from political battles to Roman contraception

Daisy Dunn's Catullus's Bedspread: the Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet, alongside her new translations of his poetry, offer a rollicking…

By Josephine Balmer

Seamus Heaney’s translation of Aeneid Book VI: a fitting end to a life’s work

Seamus Heaney’s translation of Aeneid Book VI: a fitting end to a life’s work

Heaney’s account of Aeneas’s encounters with the dead across death’s river is even more powerful for its restraint.

By Josephine Balmer

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