some ancient texts just waiting for brave translators to rename them

I read a really fascinating piece on LitHub recently by Mark Harman, a Kafka translator.

Aug 22 • 

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July 2025

creative cross-training

I regret to say that learning to draw/paint might just make you a better writer

Jul 24 • 

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the joys and challenges of writing a "soul-crushingly of-the-moment" academic book

part 2 of my conversation with Rhiannon Garth Jones

Jul 2 • 

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June 2025

Getting to the ocean floor

how to clear out the buzz of logistics in your brain so you can write something actually good

Jun 12 • 

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what we talk about when we talk about thinking about Rome

An interview with Rhiannon Garth Jones

Jun 3 • 

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May 2025

drinking beer with crazy straws and enslaved readers as the AI of antiquity

A conversation with Jackie Murray about Plato and how AI hurts students and scholars

May 14 • 

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Happy 10th Birthday to Eidolon

April 27, 10 days ago, marks ten years to the day since the launch of Eidolon. It’s hard to believe that it’s been an entire decade since the day when I…

May 7 • 

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April 2025

playing Blue Prince will make you a better writer

If you’re reading this newsletter, you’re probably kind of a book nerd.

Apr 23 • 

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don't write a book (unless you have to)

and if you have to, I'm sorry and I get it

Apr 9 • 

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the ancient pickup line that would probably work on me

Love stories from Greek and Roman myth and literature come in a few different sub-genres, and they’re all pretty toxic:

Apr 2 • 

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March 2025

My ex refuses to read (a draft of) my divorce memoir

and it's driving me low-key bananas

Mar 27 • 

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five years ago, I made the craziest choice of my life

the true story of how my queer modern family began

Mar 19 • 

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