And yet, not in spite of the occasional excess but because of it, her book gets at a lot of what makes Catullus Catullan: the daring, the boundary-pushing, the emotional nakedness.
And yet, not in spite of the occasional excess but because of it, her book gets at a lot of what makes Catullus Catullan: the daring, the boundary-pushing, the emotional nakedness.
[Williams] imagines that Catullus is into shibari, or Japanese rope bondage…I’m not sure how much this fetishism really adds to our understanding of Catullus, and Williams’ version of the coverlet poem is way over the top…
[Williams] imagines that Catullus is into shibari, or Japanese rope bondage…I’m not sure how much this fetishism really adds to our understanding of Catullus, and Williams’ version of the coverlet poem is way over the top…