Anne Carson’s Autobiography of Red (1998) is inspired by Stesichoros’s epic poem Geryoneis, which describes the killing of the monster Geryon by the mythical hero Herakles. Carson’s take on the story reframes the violence between Herakles and Geryon through metaphors. The bodily injury in the ancient narrative is reworked into emotional harm and mental trauma…
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Your Brain on Politics: What Neuroscience Reveals about Political Orientation and Sense of Humor
James Belarde// “Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” -Douglas Adams, in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe On April 29, 2006, an unexpected performance went exactly as anyone should have expected. Having been invited as the featured entertainer at that…