It was an honor to talk to Jeff and Rebecca at the Book Riot podcast, "Zero to Well Read". bookriot.com/listen/how-t...

Homer wasn't actually an American Poet, but I have had a wonderful time doing a "literary seminar" on the Iliad for the Academy of American Poets, with insightful curation from Sophie Herron and Ry Cook. I'm grateful to all who participated. Hurrah for serious engagement with poetry! poets.org

My new book is out in the UK and will come to the US in the fall. Grateful for this review. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Here's 15 minutes of an extraordinary new opera-in-progress based on (my version of) the Odyssey, composed by Tom Smail, libretto by Isabella Bywater - performed and discussed (with Alicia Stallings) at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. www.ascsa.edu.gr/events/detai...

This webinar, on Feb 27th 7pm ET, is primarily for high schoolers and their teachers to ask questions about Homer and translation - but everyone of any age is welcome, including non-high-schoolers. Registration details below. Free. You can post a question ahead of time, or during the event.

Tonight, February 17. IRL in Princeton Public Library, and livestream. It will be epic!

I'll be talking to Sophie Gee and Pascale Toscano at the Princeton Public Library, February 17th. princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/15677477

On Feb 27th, 7pm ET, I'll do a public webinar Q and A, designed primarily for high school students and their teachers who may be using my translations of the Odyssey or Iliad in class. You can register here: www.emilyrcwilson.com/resources-fo...

On Feb 27th, 7pm ET, I'll do a public webinar Q and A, designed primarily for high school students and their teachers who may be using my translations of the Odyssey or Iliad in class. You can register here: www.emilyrcwilson.com/resources-fo...

I had written/ published very little that had anything whatsoever to do with gender, until my translation of the Odyssey came out in 2017, and all of a sudden, I was assumed to be obsessed with nothing else.

On Sunday Nov 16th I'll be in NYC to celebrate the brilliant memoir on the profound theme of kitchen objects by my brilliant sister, Bee Wilson. All welcome! Bring a favorite kitchen item! I will be bringing the Legendary Toast Rack. www.eventbrite.com/e/bee-wilson...

Last week I got to spend the day with two fellow translators of Homer: Caroline Alexander and Richard Whitaker. Many thanks to David van Schoor and the Center for Hellenic Studies for organizing. It was such a joy to meet them both!

In my British childhood I never dreamed I would one day get to live among these majestic beings.

NYC, 92st Y: The Aeneid, with translators Scott McGill and Susannah Wright. www.92ny.org/event/scott-...

freelibraryfoundation.org/events/the-a... Philadelphia FREE LIBRARY, October 14: THE AENEID.

My essay collection focused on ancient literature and translation will be available for pre-order in the UK in October.

My brilliant colleagues Kevin Platt and Paul StAmour let me chat with them on their new podcast fusing literature and music, in Kelly Writers' House. We talked, very predictably, about Homer. and it was fun. jacket2.org/podcasts/emi...

From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.

Happy publication day to Scott McGill and Susannah Wright, whose translation of THE AENEID (w/ introduction by THE ODYSSEY and THE ILIAD's @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social) is now available wherever epic works are sold! wwnorton.com/books/978132...

I am very excited about my current project: TRANSLATING THE ODYSSEY.

Jazz inspired by the Iliad! www.92ny.org/event/darcy-...

I'm looking forward to visiting Rockport, Maine and talking to Prof. Barbara Boyd on July 16th. www.bowdoin.edu/news/2025/07...

This beautiful new metrical verse translation of the Aeneid, by Scott McGill and Susannah Wright, with introduction by me, will be available in August. You can pre-order now!

I'll be doing a talk about translating the Iliad in NYC on May 9th. I'll discuss gaps between ancient and modern ideas about violence, humanity and heroism. Free and open to all! hunter.cuny.edu/event/emily-...

Regular iambic pentameter is a traditional poetic form. Unmetrical free verse is much more modern. One isn't better than the other. They have different histories and different sonic registers.

I'll be doing a talk about translating the Iliad in NYC on May 9th. I'll discuss gaps between ancient and modern ideas about violence, humanity and heroism. Free and open to all! hunter.cuny.edu/event/emily-...

youtu.be/_wGFMMBrTzE?... Holy crap! I read the Iliad 50 years ago. It didn't sound like this!

I'm looking forward to discussing Rhodri Lewis' excellent new study of Shakespearean tragedy with him tomorrow (of course it's on the hallowed April 23rd), at the Free Library of Philadelphia. libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/eve...

The Norton Library edition of my translation of the Iliad, with stylish red cover, is now available. It has complete text, maps, notes, introduction and translator's note, and it's yours for under $10 (as are many other tempting Norton Library volumes). wwnorton.com/books/978132...

I'll be giving a lecture in Chicago April 24th, 2025. events.uchicago.edu/event/226399...

Tuesday April 1st, 4.30pm, I'll be giving a lecture at the College of Holy Cross McFarland Center, in Worcester MA. All welcome. www.holycross.edu/community/mi...

If you're in Arizona on Tuesday March 25, come to my lecture! asuevents.asu.edu/event/retran...

If you're in Arizona on Tuesday March 25, come to my lecture! asuevents.asu.edu/event/retran...

As a warm-up for their marathon Iliad reading, I am doing an online Q and A tonight with Cornell students and faculty, plus anyone else who wants to log on, March 12th, 4.30-6pm EST. All are welcome. ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/ove...

Coming up March 12 & 13, 'The Iliad in Ithaca' as part of Cornell Arts and Sciences Arts Unplugged series. Virtual panel discussion with @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social and Cornell faculty, and a reading of the work. details, registration: as.cornell.edu/news/war-lov... #ClassicsBluesky

I was very happy to see that Chicago O'Hare airport has an outpost of an excellent independent bookshop, Barbara's Books, with a great selection of contemporary literary fiction and a Classics section that had 2 Wilson Iliads, which I signed. Hurrah for real bookshops! barbarasbookstores.com

Looking forward to a visit to St Mary's College and conversation with Madeline Miller. www.saintmarys.edu/evening-made...

I'll be talking about the Iliad in San Diego Feb 4th. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-annual...

I ask no lovelier thing Than this December silver: See how the light flakes off the new-turned plough Under the slow great swing Of branches, silver-boled… —Dorothy Margaret Paulin, “December Day” published in SCOTTISH RELIGIOUS POETRY, ed. Linden Bicket (Saint Andrew Press, 2024)

I'm looking forward to reading from my various translations at Yale's Beineke Library on Dec 4th for the Mark Strand Memorial Poetry Reading. library.yale.edu/event/2024-m...

I had a great time talking to brilliant Johanna Hanink about translating the Iliad for her new podcast, Lesche.

The world is ruled by fakes who lack the most important thing (=Masculinity/ Magic), which is personified by an exiled Lost Heir, who suffers terribly and fights for underdogs and liberty. There are evil schemes, lavish sets, a ton of makeup, and CGI animals including monkeys. It's GLICKED.

I will be reading in Pittsburgh on December 13, at the International Poetry Forum. www.internationalpoetryforum.org/events

Mindscape 297 | Emily Wilson @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social on Homer, Poetry and Translation. As a bonus (penalty?), you get to hear me read the openings of both The Iliad and The Odyssey. www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...

I watched "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with my 14 year old. What a weird movie about trauma and abuse that seems to think it's a rom com – and whoah, so very racist. But a fabulous performance by Orangey Minerva, who plays Cat, the only positive male character in the film.

2024 Mark Strand Memorial Reading by Emily Wilson Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm at the Beinecke Library beinecke.library.yale.edu/event/2024-m... @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social

I saw three deer in Philadelphia today – a sign blessings from Artemis, goddess of environmental protections and women's reproductive health. I taught Iphigenia in Aulis yesterday, a great play about political chaos and its terrible human costs. The Cacoyannis movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jD-...

What's good about burning it all down? Patrice Rankine's first of three public talks is on Thursday Nov 14, in the Penn Museum and on zoom. For everyone who cares about education, academia, the humanities, history, race, ways of knowing, & food. Registration link below.