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29 Jul 202028 Jul 2020Tim Miller

The Great Myths #68: The Dark Home of Night & Death (Greek)

Read the other Great Myths here Here, in order, are the ends and springs Of gloomy earth and misty Tartarus, And of the barren sea and starry heaven, Murky and awful, loathed by the very gods. There is the yawning mouth of hell, and if A man should find himself inside the gates, He would […]

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28 Jun 201923 Jun 2019Tim Miller

What the Earliest Forms of Literacy Looked Like

from David Carr’s book on literacy and the creation of literature in the ancient world: … many ancient texts were not written in such a way that they could be read easily by someone who did not already known them well. Indeed, classicists long ago noted that the oldest Greek manuscripts, written as they are […]

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19 Jun 201920 Jun 2019Tim Miller

Claude Lorrain’s Nostalgia for What Never Was

I first came across Claude Lorrain’s fantasies of classical Greece and Rome on the cover of an old paperback of the Aeneid. These are my favorites, but there are many more of them here. Click on each image to enlarge:

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The Voice of Toni Morrison - Human Voices Wake Us

Consider supporting Human Voices Wake us by clicking here: https://anchor.fm/humanvoiceswakeus/support I’ve gone through my favorite interviews with the novelist Toni Morrison and put together my favorite bits. I’ve gathered them into these segments: (:35) On love (parental, romantic, religious) (8:25) On childhood, family history, and being a parent and a writer (43:32) On race, writing in difficult political and social moments, and being more interested in good than evil (1:11:48) On writing in general, and specifically the writing of Beloved The interviews I’ve drawn from are these: Toni Morrison In Depth, on C-SPAN Toni Morrison on Charlie Rose in 1993, 1998, and 2015 Toni Morrison, interviewed by Junot Diaz Toni Morrison interview by Farah Jasmine Griffin at the 92nd Street Y Toni Morrison on NPR’s Fresh Air: in 2015, and a Retrospective Toni Morrison on BBC’s World Book Club Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/humanvoiceswakeus/support
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