Ruth Salvaggio: 1 book
Hearing Sappho in New Orleans
The Call of Poetry from Congo Square to the Ninth Ward
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
While sifting through trash in her flooded New Orleans home, Ruth Salvaggio discovered an old volume of Sappho's poetry stained with muck and mold. In her efforts to restore the book, Salvaggio realized that the process reflected how Sappho's own words were unearthed from the refuse of the ancient...
