Asymptote Podcast: In Conversation with Dan Beachy-Quick

To American poet and translator Dan Beachy-Quick, translations of Greek poets from the lyric and philosophical traditions are an opportunity to “use the eye to break apart the mind and remind us that we have a mouth to sing another’s song.” In this new Asymptote podcast episode, Beachy-Quick and Podcast Editor Vincent Hostak discuss the ongoing resonance of these songs in the twenty-first century—from the role of the translator in bringing those voices to life in the modern age, to how ancient poetics can continue to teach us. Readers are in for a treat: included are Beachy-Quick’s dramatic readings of his translations of Sappho, Wind-Mountain-Oak, Mother and Child, Cast Out to Sea by Simonides and others. Listen to the podcast now.