literary gluttony

Saturdays beg for a slower rhythm. The world may bustle on, but here we have permission to pause—to pour something indulgent, to linger with a story that deserves to be savored rather than rushed.

This week’s pairing is one that balances sweetness with depth: a red wine sangria alongside Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles.

The sangria is a sensory experience in itself—fruit-soaked, fragrant, and deceptively light at first sip, but carrying the bold weight of wine beneath. It’s a drink that blooms across the tongue, lingering with unexpected complexity. Much like Miller’s retelling of the Iliad, it tempts with beauty and intimacy, even as it carries you toward inevitable heartbreak.

Reading The Song of Achilles with a glass of sangria in hand feels like being caught in that delicate balance between pleasure and sorrow. Each page aches with longing, and each sip seems to echo that same bittersweet note: how something so sweet can leave us undone.

Here’s to slowing down, to savoring both story and sip, and to embracing the kind of endings that stay with us long after the glass is empty.

💭 What would you pair with The Song of Achilles—or what’s in your own glass this weekend?