He lives, teaches and writes in Puerto Rico. Accompanied by his cat, Pietri, he is currently working on the trans epic poem “Algarabía,” which will be published in 2025 by Graywolf Press.

Looking at Epic Poetry Through 21st-Century Eyes New translations of the “Aeneid,” “Beowulf” and other ancient stories challenge some of our modern-day ideas.

Books & the Arts / From Elon Musk to Jordan Peterson, a certain strand of conservatism has recruited the poetry of Homer and Dante in their culture war. Orlando Reade In September 2023, the ...

‘Celebrity” and “translator” are not words that occur often in conjunction. But together they aptly describe Emily Wilson, whose new translation of Homer’s epic poem “The Iliad” is ...

Nearly 30 passages that Jefferson recorded, Orlando Reade notes, derive from John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost,” including 11 that center on the figure of Satan.