Year: 2022

The People Issue 2022 – Chicago Reader

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The People Issue 2022 – Chicago Reader There’s a lot of great writing here in this, the return of The People Issue to the Chicago Reader after a break since the 2016 People Issue. I did a lot of work on the online formatting and navigation for this one—with a lot of trial and error … Read more

Hesiod on the Muses and truth and lies

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“Hesiod claims that he is inspired by the Muses, but, even if we believe his claim, he also tells us that the Muses themselves admit to ‘knowing how to speak many lies that resemble the truth,’ as well as the truth itself.” —Robert Parker, On Greek Religion (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2011), 13-14—citing the Theogany, … Read more