{"product_id":"courting-the-wild-twin-9781603589505","title":"Courting the Wild Twin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Fabulous.' \u003c\/strong\u003eDan Richards, author of \u003cem\u003eHolloway\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Terrifically strange and thrilling.' \u003c\/strong\u003eMelissa Harrison, author of \u003cem\u003eAll Among the Barley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A modern-day bard.'\u003c\/strong\u003e Madeline Miller, author of \u003cem\u003eCirce\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a book of literary activism - an antidote to the shallow thinking that typifies our age. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCourting the Wild Twin\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed scholar, mythologist and author of \u003cem\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBardskull\u003c\/em\u003e, Martin Shaw unravels two ancient European fairy tales concerning the mysterious 'wild twin' located deep inside all of us. By reading these tales and becoming storytellers ourselves, he challenges us to confront modern life with purpose, courage, and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin summons the reader to the 'ragged edge of the dark wood' to seek out this estranged, exiled self - the part we generally shun or ignore to conform to societal norms - and invite it back into our consciousness. If there was something we were meant to do with our few, brief years on Earth, we can be sure that our wild twin is holding the key.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter all, stories are our secret weapons - and they might just save us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Martin Shaw\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed teacher of myth. Author of the award-winning Mythteller trilogy (\u003cem\u003eA Branch from the Lightning Tree\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSnowy Tower\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScatterlings\u003c\/em\u003e), he founded the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University, and is director of the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe has introduced thousands of people to mythology and how it penetrates modern life. For twenty years Shaw has been a wilderness rites of passage guide, working with at-risk youth, those who are unwell, returning veterans as well as many women and men seeking a deeper life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis translations of Gaelic poetry and folklore (with Tony Hoagland) have been published in \u003cem\u003eOrion \u003c\/em\u003emagazine, \u003cem\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoetry \u003c\/em\u003emagazine and \u003cem\u003eMississippi Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Shaw's most recent books include \u003cem\u003eThe Night Wages\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCinderbiter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWolf Milk\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCourting the Wild Twin\u003c\/em\u003e and his Lorca translations, \u003cem\u003eCourting the Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e (with Stephan Harding).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis essay and conversation with Ai Weiwei on myth and migration was released by the Marciano Art Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611286049042,"sku":"9781603589505","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_22af2170-ba25-4403-a54b-8c22fd3a7993.jpg?v=1732360119","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/courting-the-wild-twin-9781603589505","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}