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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! @caeliambulator.bsky.social discusses Hormuz & his new book on Indian Ocean Trade ⛵. Then, ancient mosaics enshrining pets, Aristotle in the antebellum South, medieval Denia, a new dinosaur in Brazil, ancient world journals from @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!

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Pasts Imperfect (9.10.26)

This week, ancient historian Jeremy Simmons discusses Rome, India, and his new book on ancient Indian Ocean trade networks. Then, new mosaics may honor two beloved ancient pets, a new book on Aristotl...

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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Superb, fresh translations of Catullus by @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social with excellent notes and an outstanding introduction. Highly recommend!

The cover of the book. It shows a person shaded in blue with their arm draped over their head. The background is pink and, like paint being poured down a wall, flows from the arm raised over the person's head all the way down their torso, splitting them in two with a thick line of pink. The title of the book is "The Poems of Catullus: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text". It is translated by Stephanie McCarter. What the cover doesn't tell you is that Dr McCarter also included an outstanding introduction to the text that, on its own, would stand as a fine book. Additionally, there are notes for the Latin-English translations.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Tomorrow at Pasts Imperfect, the lovely Dr. @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social will be discussing Ovid, Catullus, and why the art of translation demands humanity (not AI). Subscribe! It’s always free and we have some great writers, stories, and new journals to tell you about. pasts-imperfect.ghost.io

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A Newsletter Supporting a Global Antiquity

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Frustratingly ambiguous! And that's more than a bit surprising they would include that poem for the IB syllabus -- a bit risqué (though of course by no means obscene compared to some others).

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Dan Conway @magisterconway.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I GOT IT AND IT’S REALLY GOOD

Stephanie McCarter’s new Catullus translation, out now from Penguin Classics

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

THANK YOU!! That means a lot, especially since I really wanted to spotlight his variety. Sorry not to share your hot take on 67. If it helps, I honestly do not know what to make of that poem, so you may very well be right. It's such a doozy, and I hoped only to get through it somewhat unscathed.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I am glad 8 works for you! That was a very tricky one (especially since it’s a favorite of so many).

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Sarah is the absolute best! This truly made my day.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It’s nice to have these in my hands! Publication day is Tuesday.

A book photo: the Poems of Catullus, A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text, edited by Stephanie McCarter.

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Dan Conway @magisterconway.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

What's worse, I found this letter by filtering by "⭐️ First English Translations," suggesting (with pride!) that this letter had never been translated into English before. But it has! By J.R.C. Martyn, "Letters of Gregory the Great" (2004)! presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id...

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Dan Conway @magisterconway.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread:

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This year's judges are Elizabeth Vandiver, Deborah Roberts, and A.M. Juster.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Attention, Greek and Latin translators! Nominations are open for the Society for Classical Studies' Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Literary Translation. For information about eligibility and for nomination instructions, click the link. And please share! classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...

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Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Literary Translation | Society for Classical Studies

About the Award The Society for Classical Studies’ annual Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Literary Translation honors up to two books each year by SCS members published within the past three ...

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Please check out more art by Eduardo Mata Icasa at his website: eduardomataicasa.com/en

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Home | Eduardo MATA ICASA

Eduardo MATA ICASA, painter

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I wanted the focus to be on Catullus himself (NOT on Lesbia) and his incessant ambivalence -- about love, gender, friendship, everything! I love how he's split in two and how he turns his face away into the art. And the pink! A friend points out it also gestures toward it being a bilingual edition.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I'm not on here much, but I am so excited to share the cover of my forthcoming Catullus translation, featuring an amazing painting by Eduardo Mata Icasa (called "Nature of Emptiness"). As soon as I saw the painting, I knew no other work of art could more perfectly capture how I think about Catullus.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I am not surprised! He is a delight to work with.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Thank you, Daniel!! I hope it leads to productive discussion!

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Having taught both intermediate and advanced Greek at St. Olaf (and having been paid for it!), this hurts my heart. Anne was one of the best colleagues I've ever had and has given so much to the department. She deserves to retire knowing its future is assured.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." - James Baldwin

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I am also aware that this good fortune comes even as many are having their federal grants and fellowships revoked, which makes me doubly determined to earn this honor and to show why studying the humanities is more urgent now than ever. (3/3)

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I am so thankful to those who have encouraged me in this, and I am beyond grateful to the Guggenheim Foundation for supporting scholarly endeavors. (2/3)

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I received the amazing news this morning that I have been named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow. I am still in disbelief, since it felt like even applying was an act of unwarranted audacity. (1/3) #guggfellows2025

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UCSB IHC @ihcucsb.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

KEY PASSAGES TALK: TRANSLATING OVID’S METAMORPHOSES Join us for a talk by Stephanie McCarter about her tactics for interpreting and rendering Ovid’s themes of sexual violence, gender, sexuality, and the body into English verse. 4/17, 4 PM | 6020 HSSB Learn more: bit.ly/McCarter-IHC

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In this talk, Stephanie McCarter will discuss her recent translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (Penguin, 2022). She will first address her tactics for transforming Ovid’s poetic and metrical effects int...

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

They have a lot, but you do sometimes have to wait a while. Between Hoopla and Libby, I can usually find what I want (or at least something that appeals to me).

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I use Libby all the time! It's free, and you can perhaps sign up through your public library. (I also use Hoopla, which I get through my university library.)

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Pour one out tonight not only for the thousands of fantastic scholars whose NEH grants were wrongly terminated, but also for all of the junior scholars who have never—and now may never in their lifetimes—receive federal support for their research

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I absolutely loved my visit to Pomona College the past couple of days, and I am so happy to see this article. In one of these quotes I am myself quoting Patricia Salzman-Mitchell’s wonderful book “A Web of Fantasies.” I am really indebted to her formulation of the female gaze in Ovid.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Thank you, Sarah!! You are totally the rock star, so I was thrilled to have you there!

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Zoom in on Monday, March 31 if you'd like to hear me discuss translating Latin poetry (including Horace, Ovid, and Catullus)!

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Edited to add: Actually, the translation of 50 is in the form of a sonnet (with expert rhyme!).

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

the translations themselves must demonstrate deep reading of the original's sounds, metaphors, stylistic devices, wordplay, etc. Not all students did translations--they had the option of doing a traditional paper but it had to focus on translation/adaptation/reception in some way.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

There's also a homophonic translation (à la the Zukofskies) of Catullus 15 and a translation of Catullus 8 using only Taylor Swift lyrics. Each one has to rounded out with a scholarly translation note--but...

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I am so impressed by my Catullus students' creative translations this semester--and am wowed by how many worked in formal meter. A quick glance tells me there's part of Catullus 63 in the form of a sestina, part of 64 in alexandrines, and both Catullus 16 and 50 in iambic pentameter.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

I'm thrilled this news is out! The Committee for the Translations of Classical Authors hopes this award will demonstrate that translation matters (and should count!) in Classics. Inaugural judges are Sarah Ruden, Deborah Roberts, and Adrienne Rose. Please share! classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...

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SCS Award for Outstanding Literary Translation | Society for Classical Studies

About the Award The Society for Classical Studies is pleased to announce the new annual Award for Outstanding Literary Translation. The award will honor up to two books each year by SCS members publis...

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