Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
The Opposite Daring: Improvisations on Sappho by Amy Wright
The Opposite Daring: Improvisations on Sappho by Amy Wright (forthcoming, April 2027) offers interpretations on the various fragments of the ancient Greek poet Sappho's work. Exploratory, passionate, and experimental, Wright's improvisational poetry is both a tribute to Sappho and her legend and the expression of a contemporary yearning for shared lyrical experiences.
Nonfiction, Poetry
ISBN-13: 978-1-961609-15-0
LCCN: REQUESTED
Cover image copyright © LUTHIEROS® Ancient Musical Instruments. All rights reserved.
The instrument depicted is the Lyre of Sappho, a handcrafted reconstruction inspired by the ancient Greek barbitos lyre. Thessaloniki, Greece.
About Amy Wright
Amy Wright has authored three poetry books, six chapbooks, and a book of nonfiction, Paper Concert (Sarabande Books), which received a Nautilus Gold Award for Lyric Prose. Her work has also been recognized with two Peter Taylor Fellowships to the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, an Individual Artist Grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, and a fellowship to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. In 2024, she joined East Tennessee State University’s tenured faculty after serving as their 2022 Wayne G. Basler Chair of Excellence for the Integration of the Arts, Rhetoric, and Science. Amy's book of poetry, The Opposite Daring: Improvisations on Sappho, is forthcoming from Thorncraft Books in the spring of 2027. To read more about Amy, visit her website here.
Author photo: Charles Warden.