Dr Emily Wilson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Dr Emily Wilson

In the Phaedrus (265e), Plato's Socrates famously implies that there are natural kinds, and the correct use of language involves carving reality along pre-existing joints. But if every language has a different set of joints, how can we carve chicken legs out of a rack of lamb?

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Dr Emily Wilson

I'm excited for this show, based on Ross Gay's "Be Holding", with original music, premiere in Philadelphia May 31-June 3rd. https://t.co/H6IsdlUwFQ

Dr Emily Wilson

I adored Demon Copperhead... Kingsolver’s brilliant reframing of David Copperfield with an Appalachian setting – a heartbreaking vision of rural poverty, child abuse and the ravages of the opioid crisis.

Dr Emily Wilson

My first published translations were of Seneca's tragedies. The aphorisms and bombast were really fun to figure out how to recreate. https://t.co/GwBKX5KNhW

Dr Emily Wilson

If you are interested in how translations differ, please read this great thread by @samccart1 on translating the POV in a rape scene in Ovid’s Metamorphoses — and read her translation! https://t.co/vISzPXClI6

Dr Emily Wilson

If you are in Philadelphia on Monday April 18th, please come and hear the brilliant DANA STEVENS, @thehighsign talk about her great new book CAMERA MAN at Kelly Writers House! This is an event (and a book) for everyone interested in good writing and the history of modernity. https://t.co/j7cQCCMFL0