Sappho Sings

This is a place for me to share my feelings toward the writing/publishing process in general. I call the place "Sappho Sings" because I feel her presence in my life as The Poetess just as some feel Homer as The Poet. Though she and I are separated by centuries, I hear her voice in the Timeless Universe. She is my idol, my muse, my soul mate. It is my privilege to honor her in my work.
Author's home page: http://peggyullmanbell.com

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Blogger News Net Review of SAPPHO SINGS

Out of a mere handful of facts known about the life of a lyric poet so famous in her lifetime (or shortly after it) that she was known as the 10th Muse and from the bare thousand or so lines left to us out of nine volumes of collected works, Peggy Ullman Bell has distilled an appropriately lyrical novel of the life of the woman known as The Poetess (as Homer was known simply as The Poet). more