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The Iliad and Odyssey were not exactly “written" — they changed shape throughout their long years of being performed for audiences. So is it even possible to really know them today?
Brendan Byrne
Articles & Interviews
You Hear The Strangest Things: The Eerie Stories Of Robert Aickman
The midcentury English author's dark stories have been making a comeback — and are ideal for fireside listening on dark nights.
Personality Is Everything: Why Trollope's 'Barchester Towers' Is Juicier Than You'd Think
An in-depth look at the 19th-century classic reveals a cheekier side to insular English clerical politics (yes, there was one).
Bloody, Dark, And Real: The Willa Cather They Didn't Teach You In School
Most modern readers mistake Willa Cather's 'My Ántonia' for a romantic, frilly novel—but it contains an undercurrent of darkness that would become a central theme of her later novels.
The Amazing, Strange, And Horrifying History Of Irish Storytelling
Grab a warm drink and brace yourself for the dark story behind Ireland's dark stories.