Anne Carson

Anne Carson is professor of classics and comparative literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has been honored with the Lannan Award for Poetry and the Pushcart Prize for Poetry. In 2000, she received the MacArthur Genius fellowship. She was twice a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Books
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Grief Lessons (Paperback)

Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.” Celebrated contemporary poet and classicist Anne Carson presents new translations of four plays by Euripides.

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Grief Lessons

Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage. Why are you full of rage? Because you are full of grief.” Celebrated contemporary poet and classicist Anne Carson presents new translations of four plays by Euripides.