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What Are We Getting Out of Mythology?

What Are We Getting Out of Mythology?

Seamus Sullivan on Honesty and Mercy in Reading Myths

By Seamus Sullivan | September 29, 2025

The Quiet Trauma of the Uprooted: Confronting the Origin Myths of Cuban Refugee Families

The Quiet Trauma of the Uprooted: Confronting the Origin Myths of Cuban Refugee Families

Ana Hebra Flaster on an Immigrant Family’s Reckonings in a New Country

By Ana Hebra Flaster | April 22, 2025

Poet, Mystic, Warrior, Visionary: Reimagining the Life and Art of an Aztec Ruler Lost in Myth

Poet, Mystic, Warrior, Visionary: Reimagining the Life and Art of an Aztec Ruler Lost in Myth

Ilan Stavans Resurrects Nezahualcóyotl from Fragments of Fact and Fiction

By Ilan Stavans | March 27, 2025

5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore

5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore

Helen Nde Recommends Isidore Okpewho, Ruth Finnegan, Ibrahim Al-Koni, and More

By Helen Nde | March 12, 2025

Cult of the Cowboy: Inside the Toxic Adoration of an All-American Obsession

Cult of the Cowboy: Inside the Toxic Adoration of an All-American Obsession

Rachel Wagner on Video Games, Violence and the Enduring Allure of the Vigilante Hero

By Rachel Wagner | February 26, 2025

Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

Dunya Mikhail Talks Mythology, Translating Her Own Poetry, and Exploring the Past Through Objects

The Author of “Tablets: Secrets of the Clay” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | September 9, 2024

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Wherefore Art Thou Arthur?: On What Lies Behind Our National Myths and Legends

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Brian Lowery on the Myth of Rugged Individualism and What This Means for the America of the 2020s

Brian Lowery on the Myth of Rugged Individualism and What This Means for the America of the 2020s

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 28, 2023

“Elves Live Here.” On Modern Icelandic Elflore and the Shades of Belief

“Elves Live Here.” On Modern Icelandic Elflore and the Shades of Belief

Nancy Marie Brown Considers the Stories Surrounding the Country’s “Hidden Folk”

By Nancy Marie Brown | October 24, 2022

What Woody Allen’s <em>Manhattan</em> Tells Us About Society’s Relationship With Powerful Men

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Erin Keane On Undoing Self-Made Cinematic and Family Myths

By Erin Keane | October 5, 2022

Myth Translated Into Action: A Plea for Practical Commitment to Our Planet

Myth Translated Into Action: A Plea for Practical Commitment to Our Planet

Karen Armstrong Considers Mythos, Logos, and Ritual

By Karen Armstrong | September 8, 2022

Wildcatters and Hell-Raisers: On Being a Writer From Texas

Wildcatters and Hell-Raisers: On Being a Writer From Texas

Kimberly Garza Unpacks the Mythology of the Lone Star State

By Kimberly Garza | August 10, 2022

Amber Sparks on Myths, Flash Fiction, and Her Unromantic Writing Process

Amber Sparks on Myths, Flash Fiction, and Her Unromantic Writing Process

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | June 3, 2022

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