Diversions

Letter from the Editors

Cover Art: Three images from Ania Spyra's “Energia” series

• Eighteen Fragments

  Dan Beachy-Quick translates from the Ancient Greek. Original by Xenophanes.

• Four Gastronomic Poems

  Salma Harland translates from the Classical Arabic. Original by Kushājim.
  Artwork by Hassân Al Mohtasib.

• A Varronian Translation of the Lapis Niger

  Sascha Engel translates from the Old Latin.

• Summons of the Soul (a fragment)

  Alex de Voogt translates from the Classical Chinese. Original by Qu Yuan (屈原).

• Julian (the Apos)Tweets

  Essay and translations from the Ancient Greek by Jeremy J. Swist.

• The Journal of the Petit Tarn

  Mufeng Zhou translates from the Classical Chinese. Original by Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元).

• The Wanderer

  Nik Gunn translates from the Old English. Original by Anonymous.

• A Story About Sleeping From an Insomniac Father About Before You Were Born

  CB Brady translates from the Latin. Original by Propertius.

• Martial 2.90: Daily Pleasures

  Susan McLean translates from the Latin. Original by Martial.

• Martial 2.90: On Wanting a Simple Life

  J. Tristan Barnes translates from the Latin. Original by Martial.

• Death

  Samantha Pious translates from the Old French. Original by Adam de la Halle.