Voices of the Past

Calling ours a “great era of translation,” The Philadelphia Inquirer includes Horace: The Odes in a group of favorably reviewed recent translations:

J. D. McClatchy, a celebrated poet, editor, and scholar, has assembled an all-star team to create this sparkling collection of odes. The lineup—Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Linda Gregerson, Donald Hall, W.S. Merwin, Paul Muldoon, Robert Pinsky, C.K. Williams, and others—is breathtaking. They’re not only good poets; they’re also good poets who hear Horace and bring him across. They hear laughter where there’s laughter, sorrow where there’s sorrow, and take all sorts of risks.

Read the full review here.

April 8, 2009, 10:20am · horace the odes, philadelphia inquirer, poetry, reviews, translation