While researching for my Ph.D., I decided to delve into Greek mythology to determine whether I could find a story that could illuminate my understanding of mothering and my interest in maternal ...
When I was young, my mother used to tell me the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone at bedtime. Now that I am a mother myself, the story has come to haunt me in more ways than one — informing ...
During a dry period of writing, Creative Writing Associate Professor Maggie Dietz felt the stirrings of a new poem. Lines from “If You Would Let Me” came to her in waking dreams, she says. Several ...
When I was young, my mother used to tell me the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone at bedtime. Now that I am a mother myself, the story has come to haunt me in more ways than one — informing ...
Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom. He ...
“Demeter,” your short story in this week’s issue, focusses on a character named Demeter, after the Greek goddess of the harvest who is probably best known for the fact that she has to share custody of ...