From the cover of Sappho’s Journal:

In Sappho’s Journal,  the author  brings thefamous Greek poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that revealsher sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on acareful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry,Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, andfaith 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 translatorWillis Barnstone.

Bartlett’s writing hasbeen praised by many leading authors, reviewers, and critics, among them:

James Michener, novelist: “I am muchtaken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.”

Charles Poore in The New York Times:“...believable characters who are stirred by intensely personal concerns.”

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.”

James Purdy, novelist: “An importantwriter... I find great pleasure in his work. Really beautiful anddistinguished.”

Alice S. Morris in Harper’s Bazaar:“He tells a haunting and beautiful story and manages to telescope, in abrilliantly leisurely way, a lifetime, a full and eventful lifetime.”

Russell Kirk, novelist: “The scenes are drawn with power. Bartlett is anaccomplished writer.”

Paul Engle in The Chicago Tribune: “...articulate,believable ... charms with an expert knowledge of place and people.”

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