A selection of 120 Greek epitaphs translated into English and introduced by Michael Wolfe, with a Foreword by Richard P. Martin. To be published by Johns Hopkins University Press, Spring, 2012. For general readers and classrooms.
"A beautiful job." Richard Wilbur.
“A tradition of Muslim writing aimed at the insiders and out.”
The Boston Globe
“It requires a special sensitivity to write well about the Hadj…Michael Wolfe’s tone is exactly right.”
The Times Literary Supplement