“Poverty Remix (Sestina)” is the piece in Wrong Norma that gets the most attention from Emily Wilson in her essay “Fox and Hedgehog.” It concerns the ancient Greek poet Hipponax, whom I had never heard of. I confess I skimmed it in on my first read, a bit intimidated. Wilson’s essay—maybe inadvertently—helped me see its importance.
Hipponax spoke an obsc…
