From the cover of Sappho’s Journal: From the cover of Sappho’s Journal: In Sappho’s Journal, the author brings the famous Greek poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, and faith of this remarkable woman whose intimate journal takes us back to 642 B.C. The book includes a Foreword by the well-known Sappho scholar and translator Willis Barnstone. Bartlett’s writing has been praised by many leading authors, reviewers, and critics, among them: Bartlett’s writing has been praised by many leading authors, reviewers, and critics, among them: James Michener, novelist: “I am much taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” James Michener Charles Poore in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely personal concerns.” Charles Poore The Grace Flandrau, author and historian: “...Characters and scenes are so right and living...it is so beautifully done, one finds oneself feeling it is not fiction but actually experienced fact.” Grace Flandrau James Purdy, novelist: “An important writer... I find great pleasure in his work. Really beautiful and distinguished.” James Purdy, Alice S. Morris in Harper’s Bazaar: “He tells a haunting and beautiful story and manages to telescope, in a brilliantly leisurely way, a lifetime, a full and eventful lifetime.” Alice S. Morris Russell Kirk,novelist: “The scenes are drawn with power. Bartlett is an accomplished writer.”
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