![]() With a good introduction and notes, he has let Aristophanes speak. But the translator has the task of making a 21st century audience laugh at material crafted for and relying on the individual and collective experiences of a highly critical 5th C BC audience. has done.Īristophanes, of course, has always been funny. So the question becomes ‘What can I do that hasn’t been done?’ Well, here’s a radical suggestion-make it funny! Funny to read, funny to perform and funny to teach. After all, a sex strike to end a war! In fact it has been done to death (like many of its characters) and one suspects that the anticipation the new translator might feel about the chance to cut loose might soon pall. Many a classics teacher has gone into the classroom knowing (s)he’ll get away with it (as your reviewer has) and emerge with a new kind of popular respect. ![]() ![]() ![]() But what kind of challenge is Lysistrata going to be? For many of us it was the first dirty literature we were actually encouraged to read and understand. ![]() Wisconsin Studies in Classics are fast establishing themselves as the go-to translations for students of classics and drama, with three each of Sophocles and Aeschylus to date (see Anthony Verity’s review at ). ![]()
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As you can imagine, this can cause some problems-problems that you can experience first-hand in the classic four-issue miniseries, Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder,which chronicles the trials and tribulations of Clark and Billy's first meeting.Įverybody has to start somewhere, even superheroes. Take, for instance, the fact that even as a fully empowered, adult Shazam, Billy still functionally has the mind and life experience of a kid. Billy Batson's abilities have certainly come in handy in the past-he's got just about the best possible cover a superhero can have-but they can also be a huge pain. Making friends is tough, no matter how you slice it, but it can be downright impossible when you're a teenager with the power to literally transform into an adult superhero. Here's this week's suggestion for a perfect Weekend Escape! Each Friday, we'll be letting a different DC.com writer share what they'll be reading over the weekend and why you might want to check it out. ![]() ![]() ![]() ““A sexy, action-packed fairytale.”” - Bustle on A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES A dazzling world, complex characters and sizzling romance.”” -Top Pick, RT Book Reviews on A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES This is not a book to be missed!”” - Huffington Post on A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES ““Suspense, romance, intrigue and action. A true page-turner.”” - USA Today on A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES ““Simply dazzles.”” -starred review, Booklist on A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES ![]() Maas, the fate of Feyre's world is at stake as armies grapple for power over the one thing that could destroy it. In this thrilling third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Sarah J. ![]() Amidst these struggles, Feyre and Rhysand must decide whom to trust amongst the cunning and lethal High Lords, and hunt for allies in unexpected places. 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In After You, Lou is dealing with both the grief of losing Will and the guilt and occasional regret of helping him end his life. Lou falls for Will, and Will falls for Lou - but not hard enough to change his mind. ![]() Louisa (Lou) Clark gets a job as part caretaker, part companion to Will Traynor, a formerly vigorous and successful man who is confined to a wheelchair, unable to do nearly anything for himself. In that book, Moyes forced readers to look unflinchingly at a troubling subject: a quadriplegic man who wanted to end his own life. I admit, I was anxious to read After Yo u, Jojo Moyes' follow-up to Me Before You, the book that rolled quietly into blockbuster status three years ago. It's a tricky subject in real life, because no two people will ever deal with it in exactly the same way, and often we expect people to deal with their grief much differently than they actually do. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title After You Author Jojo Moyes ![]() ![]() ![]() And then, astonishingly, Faith invites Greer to make something out of that sense of purpose, leading Greer down the most exciting path of her life as it winds toward and away from her meant-to-be love story with Cory and the future she’d always imagined.Ĭharming and wise, knowing and witty, Meg Wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. ![]() Upon hearing Faith speak for the first time, Greer - madly in love with her boyfriend, Cory, but still full of longing for an ambition that she can’t quite place - feels her inner world light up. Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at 63, has been a central pillar of the women’s movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world. Greer Kadetsky is a shy college freshman when she meets the woman she hopes will change her life. But sometimes it can also mean entry to a new kind of life, a bigger world. To be admired by someone we admire - we all yearn for this: the private, electrifying pleasure of being singled out by someone of esteem. “A powerful coming-of-age story that looks at ambition, friendship, identity, desire, and power from the much-needed female lens." ( Bustle)įrom The New York Times best-selling author of The Interestings comes an electric novel not just about who we want to be with but who we want to be. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Those of you who know me know I don’t really have favorite authors: I have favorite books, occasionally favorite series. ![]() UPDATE: Now with irritating author interview! See end of review. Adichie divides her time between the United States and Nigeria. Her most recent book, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, was published in March 2017.Ī recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Ms. Her 2012 talk We Should All Be Feminists has a started a worldwide conversation about feminism, and was published as a book in 2014. Her 2009 TED Talk, The Danger of A Single Story, is now one of the most-viewed TED Talks of all time. Adichie has been invited to speak around the world. Adichie is also the author of the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize and was a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book and Americanah, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named one of The New York Times Top Ten Best Books of 2013. Henry Prize Stories, the Financial Times, and Zoetrope. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages and has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, Granta, The O. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria. ![]() ![]() ![]() Joseph Campbell explains how ancient myths bring humans to understand and accept birth, growth and death.Įp. 3: The Power of Myth - 'The First Storytellers' ![]() In this episode of The Power of Myth Bill and mythologist Joseph Campbell compare creation myths from the Bible and elsewhere.Įp. ![]() 2: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth - 'The Message of the Myth' Joseph Campbell encourages the audience to discover what excites them, and to make that the basis for their personal journeys.Įp. 1: The Power of Myth - 'The Hero’s Adventure' Released shortly after Campbell’s death on October 30, 1987, The Power of Myth was one of the most popular TV series in the history of public television, and continues to inspire new audiences.Įp. Campbell argues that these timeless archetypes continue to have a powerful influence on the choices we make and the ways we live. In each of six episodes –“The Hero’s Adventure,” “The Message of the Myth,” “The First Storytellers,” “Sacrifice and Bliss,” “Love and the Goddess,” and “Masks of Eternity” - Moyers and Campbell focus on a character or theme found in cultural and religious mythologies. In this beloved 1988 PBS series, mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell joins Bill Moyers to explore what enduring myths can tell us about our lives. ![]() ![]() ![]() As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom… that is, if Ari doesn’t ruin everything.”Īhead of Bloom‘s release on Jan. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. ![]() ![]() The full plot synopsis reads, “Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band―if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. In addition to falling hard for each other, they also learn some hard truths about the world and get to know themselves better, all while bonding over Ari’s family baking recipes. Published by First Second Books, Bloom is this team’s first graphic novel, and it demonstrates a beautiful partnership between these two creators.īloom is a YA romance comic that follows Ari and Hector, two boys with vastly different dreams, as they navigate a very surprising summer together. ![]() Readers who want a fun-loving romance with some serious themes should look no further than Bloom, written by Kevin Panetta and illustrated by Savanna Ganucheau. ![]() ![]() With so much on the line and so many who would wish her ill, Eva turns to the help of foreign allies. Though the magick of blood and bone has only ever been mastered by few, if Eva is to stand a chance against the powerful sorcery of her sister, she must find someone to teach her to wield this dangerous power and quickly. But when an assassin is sent to take her life, Eva realizes how much more is at stake in the Queendom than the fate of Rival Heirs. Though her sister’s magick – that of influence – is well known and admired, the court vocally reviles the magick of Eva, with her Mother as the loudest of them all. ![]() For Eva, untrained in her magick and long estranged from her elder and more refined sister, Isa, the day might as well be a death sentence. ![]() A River of Royal Blood (A River of Royal Blood #1) by Amanda Joy □□□□□ (5 stars as rated in crowns worth killing your sister for)Īs it has been for eight generations, the Rival Heirs of Myre must face one another to the death for the Ivory Throne on the youngests’ seventeenth nameday. ![]() |