Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
3/15: homeric hymns
I like teaching the Homeric Hymns. Tuesday it was one to Demeter and one to Aphrodite. Today it was one to Apollo and one to Hermes. In recent years I've taught Hesiod during the week before spring break, and that's been hard because---though Hesiod is wonderful---he's difficult to read the first time you encounter him. I switched the schedule around this year so that Hesiod came earlier and the hymns, with their narrative boost, came during this tiring week. It was nice for the last Myth class before break to include some laughter at Hermes' antics.
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