{"product_id":"wake-siren-ovid-resung-paperback","title":"Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Maclaughlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn fierce, textured voices, the women of Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses \u003c\/i\u003eclaim their stories and challenge the power of myth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am the home of this story. After thousands of years of other people's tellings, of all these different bridges, of words gotten wrong, I'll tell it myself.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeductresses and she-monsters, nymphs and demi-goddesses, populate the famous myths of Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e. But what happens when the story of the chase comes in the voice of the woman fleeing her rape? When the beloved coolly returns the seducer's gaze? When tales of monstrous transfiguration are sung by those transformed? In voices both mythic and modern, \u003ci\u003eWake, Siren \u003c\/i\u003erevisits each account of love, loss, rape, revenge, and change. It lays bare the violence that undergirds and lurks in the heart of Ovid's narratives, stories that helped build and perpetuate the distorted portrayal of women across centuries of art and literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the rhythms of epic poetry and alt rock, of everyday speech and folk song, of fireside whisperings and therapy sessions, Nina MacLaughlin, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eHammer Head\u003c\/i\u003e, recovers what is lost when the stories of women are told and translated by men. She breathes new life into these fraught and well-loved myths.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina MacLaughlin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eHammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly an editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Phoenix\u003c\/i\u003e, she is a books columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and has written for publications including \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookslut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She was also recognized in \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e's list of \"21 New Authors You Need to Know.\" She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.5 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762297897248,"sku":"9780374538583","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/082b2d8fb084c5461769ccc60cc62561.webp?v=1780218945","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wake-siren-ovid-resung-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}