Rachel Hadas
Poet | Essayist | Translator
Selected Poems
Vox Populi, "Three Poems"
The American Scholar, "For Whom"
Literary Matters, "Seminar by Starlight"
Literary Matters, "The Truth as Well"
Vox Populi, "Summer Nights and Days"
The New Criterion, "The train" and "Fast ride"
The Irenaut, "Rothko Chapel"
The New Republic, "However Cool"
The New Yorker, "Love and Dread"
The New Yorker, "460 Riverside Drive"
The New Yorker, "The Yawn"
The New Yorker, "Only So Much"
The New Yorker, "The Red Hat"
Poetry Foundation, "Green and Gold"
Poetry Foundation, "Roadblock"
Poetry Foundation, "Flying Home"
Vox Populi, "Ghost Guest"
Vox Populi, "Ides of March MMXX"
Vox Populi, "February 29, 2020"
Vox Populi, "Little Free Library, Turner's Falls"
Vox Populi, "The Seeds"
Vox Populi, "Sourdough Starter"
Selected Essays
The Conversation, "‘Each bears his own ghosts’: How the classics speak to these days of fear, anger and presidential candidates stalking the land"
The Conversation, "'The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death’: Wisdom from Greek tragedies for Joe Biden"
Poetry London, "'Refuge in the Storm?' Rachel Hadas on translating Ovid and finding comfort in a world plagued by apathy and disaster"
Literary Matters, "Meetings on the Sea Front"
Literary Matters, "Though Much Is Taken, Much Abides: Fifteen Years of Literature & Medicine"
The Conversation, "Work with hope – a poet and classics scholar on facing the flood of bad news"
The Conversation, "Cassidy Hutchinson and Greek tragedy show that courage is rare and cowardice more common"
The Conversation, "‘Laugh right in its face’ – a poet reflects on her craft’s defiant role in the middle of a war"
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'"
Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Lidija Dimkovska's 'What Is It Like?' and Yerra Sugarman's 'Aunt Bird'"
Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Michael Stein's 'Accidental Kindness'"
Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews André Naffis-Sahely’s 'High Desert'"
Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Boris Dralyuk’s 'My Hollywood'"
Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Fred D’Aguiar’s 'Year of Plagues'"
Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Threa Almontaser’s 'The Wild Fox of Yemen'"
Times Literary Supplement, "Rachel Hadas reviews Jorie Graham’s 'Runaway'"
LA Review of Books, "'An Awful Order': On Danielle Blau’s “p e e p”