Poet and Muse diptych of a wax tablet; the inscription has not survived, so there can be no way to identify the writer for whom it was made. In the literature that has accumulated about this diptych, various prominent figures have been offered as candidates: Ausonius, Boethius, and Claudian, and even earlier figures, like Ennius and Seneca, with whom the donor wished to be associated The muse represented is Erato, muse of lyric poetry, with her usual attribute, the cithara, which she rests upon an ornately fluted column. The poet on the facing panel is seated, roused from his contemplation by the inspiring presence
Able Muse Able Muse Press has garnered several awards for its published titles, including winning: the 2013 Outstanding Award in Poetry from the Wisconsin Library Association, 2014 Gold Medal in fiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards, 2014 Peace Corps Writers Best Book Award; and placing as finalist in: the 2012 Governor General's Awards in Poetry, 2012 Colorado Book Awards for Poetry, 2013 Griffin Poetry Prize, 2013 and 2013 Massachusetts Book Award, and 2013 Foreword Review's Best Book of the Year. Able Muse Able Muse is a literary journal founded in San Jose, California, in 1999 by Alexander Pepple. "Able Muse" started