Autor: Emily Wilson

By the twentieth century, North Carolina’s progressive streak had strengthened, thanks in large part to a growing number of women who engaged in and influenced state and national policies and politic …

Phaedra * Oedipus * Medea * Trojan Women * Hercules Furens * Thyestes Seneca’s plays are the product of a sensational, frightening, and oppressive period of history. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca …

By any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. His writings are voluminous and diverse, ranging from satire to disturbing, vi …

By any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. His writings are voluminous and diverse, ranging from satire to disturbing, vi …

What makes falcons different from other birds of prey? If it isn’t their small size, it’s their unique ability to be trained by people to hunt. Readers learn these facts and more through this volume, …

Cupcakes, panda bears, break-ups, wearing sunglasses at night… The local and the universal come together in these 37 short stories, brought into English by different translators from all over the w …

This book traces the eventful life of Seneca, the Roman philosopher, dramatist, essayist and rhetorician of the first century CE, who came from Spain to Rome, spent his youth in Egypt, was exiled to …

A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 ‘Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean…It is rare to find a translation that is at once so effortlessly easy to read and so rigorously considered.’ …

La autora ofrece un divulgativo perfil de la vida y obra de este filósofo y escritor del siglo I d. C., que remite a una cuestión de enorme actualidad: ¿debe el hombre perseguir su triunfo a cualquie …

"Oedipus?Tyrannos?is the first Greek play many readers encounter, and this version is their ideal gateway. Emily Wilson’s verse line is effortlessly graceful, whether in taut, tense dialogue exc …

An enthralling and lyrical fantasy debut, and the first in an incredible new trilogy re-telling The Epic of Gilgamesh. Brimming full of warring gods, rebellious humans, and the goddess of love caught …

Phaedra * Oedipus * Medea * Trojan Women * Hercules Furens * Thyestes Seneca’s plays are the product of a sensational, frightening, and oppressive period of history. Tutor to the emperor Nero, Seneca …

Good Night, Bears: Learning About Hibernation is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.8 and Literacy.L.1.4. Big brown bears and their cubs go …

Beavers are nature’s engineers, and their industriousness begins at home! These busy animals work tirelessly to create elaborate lodges. Though they’re important sites of food storage, safety, and ra …

Beavers are nature’s engineers, and their industriousness begins at home! These busy animals work tirelessly to create elaborate lodges. Though they’re important sites of food storage, safety, and ra …

Trapdoor spiders get their name from the trapdoor-like entrance they make to their underground burrows. Made of silk, soil, and plant matter, a trapdoor spider’s habitat is an interesting study in bu …

“Wilson’s Iliad is clear and brisk, its iambic pentameter a zone of enchantment.” —Ange Mlinko, London Review of Books The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most cel …

In the wake of World War II, anatomist and anthropologist Mildred Trotter left the Midwest for a temporary post as the forensic anthropology expert for the Army in the Territory of Hawaii. Her formid …

In the wake of World War II, anatomist and anthropologist Mildred Trotter left the Midwest for a temporary post as the forensic anthropology expert for the Army in the Territory of Hawaii. Her formid …

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The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately verse in a vivid, contemporary idiom. Like Emily Wilson’s celebrated translations of Homer, this new A …

Eight years after her revelatory first book, Emily Wilson deepens her focus and extends her vision in new poems of striking intelligence and originality. Venturing into landscapes both interior and e …