In Conversation: Moira Egan & Emily Wilson on Women in Greek Myth
Featured Book
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
Main Point Books is thrilled to host this unique opportunity to hear renowned poet/scholar Moira Egan in conversation with renowned translator/scholar Emily Wilson. They'll be having a wide-ranging conversation on women in Greek myth and discussing their books "The Furies" and "Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea."
Tickets for this limited-seating, intimate event are $50 and include a copy of both books.
Featured Authors
Emily Wilson
In addition to being the bane of Christopher Nolan, Emily Wilson is a classicist, translator, professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of the bestselling translations of Homer’s The Odyssey and The Iliad. Wilson was named a fellow of the American Academy in Rome in Renaissance & Early Modern scholarship, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. Wilson is a Professor of classical studies and chair of the program in comparative literature and literary theory at the University of Pennsylvania. Wilson lives in Philadelphia with her family and pets.
Moira Egan
Moira Egan has published six collections of poetry in the US and four bilingual collections in Italy. Her translations have been supported by the Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, an NEA Translation Fellowship, and other awards. She has taught in the US, Honduras, Greece, and Italy.
About the Venue
Main Point Books
Every town deserves its own indie bookstore, and since 2013, Main Point Books has filled the gap for Main Line Philadelphia. We nourish a love of reading by helping you find the book you were looking for and the book that you didn't know you needed. We are a place where you might meet an author, a neighbor, or an employee who will lead you in a new direction, encouraging exploration and discovery. Our goal is simple: to provide a haven to discuss, discover, and advocate for great books. We strive to provide the extras that make for a wonderful shopping experience—a resolutely curated selection of titles to appeal to all ages and interests as well as customer service that makes shopping a joy. We want you to relish spending time at Main Point Books, to have it be a place where you feel comfortable sharing life's best and worst moments. And, yes, we always believe there is a book for that.
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