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S1E20: Feminists take on literary classics (Women's Day edition): Bookmark This! Ep 20
Bookmark This! Ep 20: Feminists take on literary classics (Women's Day edition)
22:17 mins
Synopsis: A monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.
Bro! Tell me about a complicated man. In the Women’s Day episode of this literary podcast, The Straits Times journalists Olivia Ho and Toh Wen Li talk about feminist translations of the male-dominated classics, such as Emily Wilson’s groundbreaking The Odyssey and Maria Dahvana Headley’s swaggering Beowulf.
They also discuss rewrites of tradition like Natalie Haynes' A…
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