Rachel Hadas

Rachel Hadas’s most recent book is Pastorals. A prosimetrum, My Cloak Is Poetry, is forthcoming this year. She is the Original English Verse Editor of The Classical Outlook and book reviews editor of The Fortnightly Review.

Translating the Past

Modern wit meets age-old wisdom

By Rachel Hadas | Tuesday September 8, 2026
Elizabeth Bishop and Louise Crane

Questions of Inspiration

Should we try to see the poet in her poetry?

By Rachel Hadas | Monday December 2, 2019

One April Day

A death, a book, an art show, and a promise of magnolia blossoms

By Rachel Hadas | Monday June 4, 2018

Waiting With Kipling

Kim, the Stoics, and the voices from my past

By Rachel Hadas | Monday December 5, 2016

Anything Goes

Prose for the people

By Rachel Hadas | Monday September 8, 2014

To Feel and Keep the Eyes Open

By Rachel Hadas | Monday March 24, 2014

Self-Portrait

By Rachel Hadas | Monday June 10, 2013

The Study

By Rachel Hadas | Tuesday December 1, 2009

The Long Hall

By Rachel Hadas | Tuesday February 24, 2009

Translating the Past

By Rachel Hadas | Tuesday September 8, 2026
Elizabeth Bishop and Louise Crane

Questions of Inspiration

By Rachel Hadas | Monday December 2, 2019

One April Day

By Rachel Hadas | Monday June 4, 2018

Waiting With Kipling

By Rachel Hadas | Monday December 5, 2016

Anything Goes

By Rachel Hadas | Monday September 8, 2014

To Feel and Keep the Eyes Open

By Rachel Hadas | Monday March 24, 2014

Self-Portrait

By Rachel Hadas | Monday June 10, 2013

The Study

By Rachel Hadas | Tuesday December 1, 2009

The Long Hall

By Rachel Hadas | Tuesday February 24, 2009

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