{"product_id":"smoke-hole-looking-to-the-wild-in-the-time-of-the-spyglass-9781645020950","title":"Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A modern-day bard.'\u003c\/strong\u003e Madeline Miller, author of \u003cem\u003eCirce \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores.'\u003c\/strong\u003e John Densmore, The Doors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Through feral tales and poetic exegesis, Martin Shaw makes you re-see the world, as a place of adventure and of initiation, as perfect home and as perfectly other. What a gift.'\u003c\/strong\u003e David Keenan, author of \u003cem\u003eXstabeth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I can still remember the first time I heard Martin Shaw tell a story. The tale that emerged was like a living thing, bounding around, throwing itself at us there listening. I had never heard anything like it before.' \u003c\/strong\u003ePaul Kingsnorth, Booker shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday, as we are confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives - identity, technology, love, seduction, politics - celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers \u003cem\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/em\u003e - three ancient myths that serve as metaphors for our world today. Assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a pandemic that brought loneliness to an all-time high, Martin argues that we are losing our sense of direction, our sense of self.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe invites us to use these stories to help find 'a commons for the imagination, a place to breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture.' \u003cem\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/em\u003e is a passionate call to arms and an invitation to use these stories to face the complexities of contemporary life, from fake news to parenthood, climate crises, addictive technology and more. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable now as a podcast! Subscribe to \u003cem\u003eSmoke Hole Sessions\u003c\/em\u003e to hear amazing conversations between Martin Shaw and some of our most admired writers, actors, comedians, musicians and more, including Sir Mark Rylance and Tommy Tiernan (\u003cem\u003eDerry Girls\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShaw, Martin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDr Martin Shaw 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, \u003cem\u003eAll Those Barbarians\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWolferland\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 \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630145966354,"sku":"9781645020950","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b8424c8-a04e-4bc7-98d2-80590a39835e.jpg?v=1732743921","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/smoke-hole-looking-to-the-wild-in-the-time-of-the-spyglass-9781645020950","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}