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October 06, 2023

The Emily Wilson Iliad

October 06, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
The Emily Wilson Iliad

A new version of Homer’s Iliad from a celebrated Odyssey translator.

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October 06, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
Myths & Legends
The Iliad, Homer, Emily Wilson, poetry, classics, translation, Steve Donoghue, myths and legends, 2023
May 17, 2020

Beast by Watt Key

May 17, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Beast by Watt Key

In Watt Key’s new novel, a young boy goes on a very personal quest to find a cryptic monster in the Florida swamps

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May 17, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Action/Adventure, Fiction-Young Adult
Watt Key, fiction, Florida bigfoot, sasquatch, YA fiction, Steve Donoghue, myths and legends
August 05, 2019

I Know What I Saw by Linda S. Godfrey

August 05, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
I Know What I Saw by Linda S. Godfrey

A delightful, completely involving book, chock-full of things that don’t exist.

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August 05, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Society & Culture, Myths & Legends
Linda S. Godfrey, Tarcher Perigee, myths and legends, Penguin Random House, Steve Donoghue
July 22, 2019

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond by John Zada

July 22, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond by John Zada

Despite the towering creature at its heart, the genius of In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond is most often its human pathos.

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July 22, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Animals & Nature
John Zada, Grove Atlantic, nature, Big Foot, Sasquatch, folklore, myths and legends, Steve Donoghue
July 18, 2019

The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies by Robert Kirk

July 18, 2019/ Bailey Trela
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies by Robert Kirk

There’s a deep, humanist value to be found in Kirk’s investigations.

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July 18, 2019/ Bailey Trela/
Anthologies/Short Stories, Essays, Literary Criticism
Robert Kirk, Bailey Trela, New York Review of Books, fairy tales, myths and legends, Irish literature, essays
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