giveaway

by Travis

As I announced yesterday, The Hog’s Head is giving away three free audiobooks in the form of Brilliance Audio’s “The Myths Collection.”

• Karen Armstrong, A Short History of Myth: What are myths? How have they evolved? And why do we still so desperately need them?  Heralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, Karen Armstrong’s characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense – and why we dismiss it only at our peril.
• Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad:  In a splendid contemporary twist to the ancient story of Penelope and Odysseus, Margaret Atwood has chosen to give the telling of it to Penelope and to her twelve hanged Maids, asking: “What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to?” In Atwood’s dazzling, playful retelling, the story becomes as wise and compassionate as it is haunting, and as wildly entertaining as it is disturbing. 
• Jeannette Winterston, Weight:  In ancient Greek mythology, the victorious Olympians force Atlas, guardian of the Garden of Hesperides and its golden apples of life, to bear the weight of the earth and the heavens for eternity. With her typical wit and verve, Jeanette Winterson brings Atlas into the twenty-first century. Simultaneously, she asks her own difficult questions about the nature of choice and coercion, and how we forge our own destiny. 

How to Enter Your Name for the Giveaway

It’s very, very simple this time.  I’m looking for feedback for this site, particularly on subjects that we haven’t covered or haven’t covered sufficiently.  You need to leave a comment on this post with one specific idea for a topic to be covered in the future here at The Hog’s Head.  “Specific” is the key:

• Bad Example: “Mythology” – way too broad
• Good Example: “Comparing Harry with Beowulf” – much more specific; and it’s even better if you write something like, “Comparing Harry with Beowulf: compare and contrast their identities as ‘Christian’ heroes”
• Bad Example: “More Character Studies” or even “Delores Umbridge”
• Good Example: “The Psychology of Delores Umbridge: why does she take so much pleasure in inflicting pain?” (suggested recently)

You can only enter your name once, so come up with a good idea.  If it’s too general, I’ll ask you to submit again. You have until midnight, EST on Friday, July 11, at which time comments will close.  I’ll have some random person at Portus draw from the hat.

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