Nolan's Odyssey: Boy Story
We interrupt our usual programming for a review of Nolan's Odyssey
This Won't End Well: On Loving Greek Tragedy.
If Greek tragedies were merely stories of heroes destroyed by gods or fate, they'd never have stood the test of time. I'll show you how relevant they still are to our shared human experience of loss, anger, love, and error, both in families and cities.
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