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Selected Poems

Literary Matters, "Seminar by Starlight"

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Literary Matters, "The Truth as Well"

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Vox Populi, "Summer Nights and Days"

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The New Criterion, "The train" and "Fast ride"

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The Irenaut, "Rothko Chapel"

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The New Republic, "However Cool"

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The New Yorker, "Love and Dread" 

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The New Yorker, "460 Riverside Drive"

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The New Yorker, "The Yawn"

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The New Yorker, "Only So Much"

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The New Yorker, "The Red Hat"

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Poetry Foundation, "Green and Gold"

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Poetry Foundation, "Roadblock"

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Poetry Foundation, "Flying Home" 

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Vox Populi, "Ghost Guest"

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Vox Populi, "Ides of March MMXX"

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Vox Populi, "February 29, 2020"

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Vox Populi, "Little Free Library, Turner's Falls"

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Vox Populi, "The Seeds"

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Vox Populi, "Sourdough Starter"

Selected Essays

The Conversation, "'The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death’: Wisdom from Greek tragedies for Joe Biden"

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Poetry London, "'Refuge in the Storm?' Rachel Hadas on translating Ovid and finding comfort in a world plagued by apathy and disaster"

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Literary Matters, "Meetings on the Sea Front"

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Literary Matters, "Though Much Is Taken, Much Abides: Fifteen Years of Literature & Medicine"

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The Conversation, "Work with hope – a poet and classics scholar on facing the flood of bad news"

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The Conversation, "Cassidy Hutchinson and Greek tragedy show that courage is rare and cowardice more common"

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The Conversation, "‘Laugh right in its face’ – a poet reflects on her craft’s defiant role in the middle of a war"

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Vox Populi, "Ancient Greece had extreme polarization and civil strife too – how Thucydides can help us understand Jan. 6 and its aftermath​"

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Vox Populi, "Humble Herb is Rival to Prozac"

Selected Book Reviews

Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Maya Popa's 'Wound Is the Origin of Wonder'"

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Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Lidija Dimkovska's 'What Is It Like?' and Yerra Sugarman's 'Aunt Bird'"

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Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Michael Stein's 'Accidental Kindness'"

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Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews André Naffis-Sahely’s 'High Desert'"

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Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Boris Dralyuk’s 'My Hollywood'"

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Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Fred D’Aguiar’s 'Year of Plagues'" 

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Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Threa Almontaser’s 'The Wild Fox of Yemen'"

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Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Jorie Graham’s 'Runaway'"

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LA Review of Books, "'An Awful Order': On Danielle Blau’s “p e e p”

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