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The Power of Myth | Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers

Can I get this read for my other bookclub by Friday? Probably not the way I‘d like to read it, but you do what you can when it‘s crunch time!

Ruthiella I‘ll bet you can listen to it on YouTube. I remember that program. 1d

Tamra @Ruthiella yes! But I can read faster. 😜 1d

AmyG This is one of my most favorite books. Joseph Campbell is just wonderful. 1d

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Tamra @AmyG I‘ve read the first two sections and it is engaging! I always liked Bill Moyers‘ interviews. 1d

Leftcoastzen Great book & show 1d

Cathythoughts Good luck 👍🏻❤️ you‘re a fast reader 👏🏻 (edited) 1d

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quietlycuriouskate

Girl Meets Boy | Ali Smith

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It's Ali Smith so, as far as Classical retellings go, there was a little more going on than the standard fare.
I enjoyed revisiting Ovid's gender-fluid tale of Iphis and Ianthe: kind of wish I could've had Ali Smith's take on it during my teens.

sarahbarnes I loved this one. 💕 4d

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AshleyHoss820

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

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As an avid fan of all things myth (from a multitude of cultures), this wasn‘t anything mind-blowing to me, but I absolutely had a good time reading it. I enjoyed her connections to modernity. I like her wit. It‘s always fun to take a feminist critique, which is what I often did with my own scholarly papers. It‘s important work, but it‘s also important to be accessible and Haynes accomplishes just that.

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Robotswithpersonality

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

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Exactly what I wanted, a modern feminist lens on the Greek goddesses. Really fills the niche I was missing after reading that collection of tragic plays and feeling so alienated by the lack of such considerations in the accompanying essays.
While she covers the classics by speaking on a selection of well known myths on certain goddesses, I love that Haynes also includes 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? discussion of ancient art, artifacts, and plays as well as more modern retellings, occassional exploration of their archetypes, themes in modern pop culture, throughout literature.
Of course, Haynes has my heart for writing on Hestia. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 The goddesses can be as cruel, power-mad, irrational as any of the males in the pantheon, but it was refreshing to see a writer consistently identify the societal factors that would affect how they were portrayed then, and how we might look on them with fresh eyes now.
On to Pandora's Jar!
⚠️ SA, incest (edited) 2w

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Robotswithpersonality

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

Okay, but a horror film with the Olympians as the threats sounds AMAZING. 🤩

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Robotswithpersonality

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

*Snrk* 🤭 Haynes is having such a good time, and so am I!

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Robotswithpersonality

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

“truth coming out“ ?! 😆🫢👀

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Robotswithpersonality

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

🤦🏼‍♂️ “catastrophic“, yes.

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Robotswithpersonality

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

Theuth. 😊

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wanderinglynn

CREATURE CARNIVAL | Marilyn Singer

By Marilyn Singer from Turtle in July (couldn‘t find in database so tagged another of her books)

And of course, there‘s my favorite cat poetry book, T.S. Eliot‘s Old Possum‘s Book of Practical Cats

#aprilpoetrychallenge for #nationalpoetrymonth

29 April - cat

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w

Texreader This is perfect! ♥️🐈‍⬛ 3w

wanderinglynn @Texreader I thought so too! 3w

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