xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths

xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths

<b>Fifty leading writers retell myths from around the world in this dazzling follow-up to the bestselling <i>My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.</i></b><br><br> Icarus flies once more. Aztec jaguar gods again stalk the earth. An American soldier designs a new kind of Trojan horse—his cremains in a bullet. Here, in beguiling guise, are your favorite mythological figures alongside characters from Indian, Punjabi, Inuit, and other traditions.<br>  <br> <b>Aimee Bender</b> retells the myth of the<b> Titans.</b><br><br><b>Elizabeth McCracken</b> retells the myth of <b>Lamia,</b> the child-eating mistress of Zeus.<br><br><b>Madeline Miller</b> retells the myth of <b>Galatea.</b><br>  <br> <b>Kevin Wilson</b> retells the myth of <b>Phaeton,</b> from Ovid’s <i>Metamorphoses.</i><br>  <br> <b>Emma Straub and Peter Straub</b> retell the myth of <b>Persephone.</b><br>  <br> <b>Heidi Julavits</b> retells the myth of <b>Orpheus and Euridice.</b><br>  <br> <b>Ron Currie, Jr.</b> retells the myth of <b>Dedalus.</b><br>  <br> <b>Maile Meloy</b> retells the myth of <b>Demeter.</b><br>  <br> <b>Zachary Mason</b> retells the myth of <b>Narcissus.</b><br>  <br> <b>Joy Williams</b> retells the myth of <b>Argos,</b> Odysseus’ dog.<br>  <br> If “xo” signals a goodbye, then <i>xo Orpheus</i> is a goodbye to an old way of mythmaking. Featuring talkative goats, a cat lady, a bird woman, a beer-drinking ogre, a squid who falls in love with the sun, and a girl who gives birth to cubs, here are extravagantly imagined, bracingly contemporary stories, heralding a new beginning for one of the world’s oldest literary traditions.