I will be having a public conversation with Madeline Miller, author of the new novel The Song of Achilles, at the Boston Book Festival on October 27. Admission is free, and all interested readers are invited to attend!
As part of its 375th anniversary celebration, Harvard is recognizing 16 major breakthroughs achieved by members of the University. Click here for my discussion of the sea-change in Homeric studies brought about by Milman Parry's fieldwork.
Videos of papers and performances from "Singers and Tales in the 21st Century," a conference organized by David Elmer to commemorate the work of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, are now available for viewing on line. Click here.
