EMILY WILSON
@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social
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
Conversation: "Epic in Our Times"
Classicist and translator Emily Wilson is joined in conversation by Sophie Gee and Pasquale Toscano to explore how epic confronts rising populism, nation-building and authoritarian rule. Livestream.. ...
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February 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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
Conversation: "Epic in Our Times"
Classicist and translator Emily Wilson is joined in conversation by Sophie Gee and Pasquale Toscano to explore how epic confronts rising populism, nation-building and authoritarian rule. Livestream.. ...
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February 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I'll be talking to Sophie Gee and Pascale Toscano at the Princeton Public Library, February 17th. princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/15677477
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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...
Resources for Teachers — Emily Wilson
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February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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...
Resources for Teachers — Emily Wilson
www.emilyrcwilson.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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.
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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...
Bee Wilson presents The Heart-Shaped Tin, with Emily Wilson
"Bee Wilson is the great explorer and humanizer of our relationship with food." -Diana Henry, author of Simple
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November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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!
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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.
October 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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-...
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October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
NYC, 92st Y: The Aeneid, with translators Scott McGill and Susannah Wright. www.92ny.org/event/scott-...
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Philadelphia FREE LIBRARY, October 14: THE AENEID.
Philadelphia FREE LIBRARY, October 14: THE AENEID.
The Aeneid: Translating the Classics with Emily Wilson, Scott McGill, and Susannah Wright
The Author Events Series presents The Aeneid: Translating the Classics with Emily Wilson, Scott McGill, and Susannah Wright Crafted during the reign of Augustus Caesar at the outset of the Roman…
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October 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Philadelphia FREE LIBRARY, October 14: THE AENEID.
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.
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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.
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Emily Wilson (SideGig #1) | Jacket2
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September 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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...
jacket2.org/podcasts/emi...
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From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.
Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World
“Hindsight as foresight makes no sense,” insists the speaker of W. H. Auden’s great poem about the Aeneid, “Secondary Epic,” objecting to perhaps the most provocative element of Virgil’s epic: the …
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September 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.
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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...
August 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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.
August 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I am very excited about my current project: TRANSLATING THE ODYSSEY.
Jazz inspired by the Iliad! www.92ny.org/event/darcy-...
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July 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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...
Classics Scholar Barbara Weiden Boyd in Conversation with Renowned Translator Emily Wilson
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July 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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!
May 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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!
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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-...
Emily Wilson “Translating the Iliad’s Violence” | Hunter College
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April 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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.
May 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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-...
Emily Wilson “Translating the Iliad’s Violence” | Hunter College
hunter.cuny.edu
April 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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-...
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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...
Events: Rhodri Lewis | Shakespeare's Tragic Art
The Author Events Series presents Rhodri Lewis | Shakespeares Tragic Art
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In Conversation with Emily Wilson
In Shakespeares Tragic Art, Rhodri Lewis offers a powerfully original reassessme...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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...
April 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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...