Coach House Books Entering sappho, paperback/sarah dowling

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An abandoned town named for the classical lesbian leads to questions about history and settlement.

Driving along the Pacific Coast Highway, you come to a road sign: Entering Sappho .

Nothing remains of the town, just trash at the side of the highway and thick, wet bush.

Can Sappho's breathless eroticism tell us anything about settlement--about why we're here in front of this sign? Mixing historical documents, oral histories, and experimental translation.