I’m so hyped by this. Due out in October 2005, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad tells the myth of Penelope and Odysseus.
About the book [from the Canadian Random House site]:
The story of Penelope — as told by herself.
In The Odyssey, Penelope — daughter of King Icarius of Sparta, and the cousin of the beautiful Helen […]
Douglas Anders aka The Hellenophile encourages us to read North of Ithaka by Eleni Gage, daughter of Nicholas Gage who wrote Eleni.
Read about it here.
Mark Dragoumis has written an article for the Athens News on surrealist poet Μίλτος Σαχτούρης — Miltos Sahtouris (or Sachtouris) who died earlier this year.
Mark begins:
MILTOS SACHTOURIS (1919-2005), a Greek surrealist poet obsessed with the darker side of life (and death), passed away on March 17 at the ripe old age of 86. In […]
I just checked out the Vivliothiki literary supplement that comes with Greek daily Eletherotypia on a Friday and discover that it is 75 years since the death of poet Maria Polydouri. And so, they’ve got a whole lot of articles on her and her work.
* Lived 1902-1930 (Died of some illness…I should look this […]
"Feasting with Archestratus," a feature story on what the ancient Greeks thought was good to eat, in Odyssey magazine (Nov/Dec 2007).
My poem "Seduction" published in Wetink, Issue 7, Winter 2007
"Alexander's Enduring Myth," a review of two books about the legendary king and conqueror, in Odyssey magazine (May/June 2007).
"Reconstructing the Past," my feature on archaeological restoration in Greece explores the debate about how far restorations should go in the name of making ancient monuments more comprehensible to the public, in Odyssey magazine (Nov/Dec 2006).
My short story "A Silly Little Thing" in the See You Next Tuesday anthology of 50 sex-texts.
"Particles of Truth," my interview with particle physicist Maria Spiropulu in Odyssey magazine (Sept/Oct 2006).
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