{"product_id":"xo-orpheus-fifty-new-myths-9780143122425","title":"Xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths","description":"\u003cb\u003eFifty leading writers retell myths from around the world in this dazzling follow-up to the bestselling \u003ci\u003eMy Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAimee Bender\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of the\u003cb\u003e Titans.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth McCracken\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eLamia, \u003c\/b\u003e the child-eating mistress of Zeus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadeline Miller\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eGalatea.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKevin Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003ePhaeton, \u003c\/b\u003e from Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eEmma Straub and Peter Straub\u003c\/b\u003e retell the myth of \u003cb\u003ePersephone.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eHeidi Julavits\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eOrpheus and Euridice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRon Currie, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eDedalus.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMaile Meloy\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eDemeter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eZachary Mason\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eNarcissus.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoy Williams\u003c\/b\u003e retells the myth of \u003cb\u003eArgos, \u003c\/b\u003e Odysseus' dog. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If \"xo\" signals a goodbye, then \u003ci\u003exo Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Bernheimer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the editor of the World Fantasy Award-winning anthology \u003ci\u003eMy Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eForty New Fairy Tales \u003c\/i\u003eand the founder and editor of the literary journal \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale Review\u003c\/i\u003e. The author of numerous works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eHow a Mother Weaned Her Girl from Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, she teaches in the English department at the University of Arizona.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523482685714,"sku":"9780143122425","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c78e9e9-f9ca-413e-bf93-919f899ecd65.jpg?v=1731148478","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/xo-orpheus-fifty-new-myths-9780143122425","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}