12 Deaths from The Iliad, as Translated by Emily Wilson
The first time I read The Iliad, I approached it a bit like you would approach a text you’ve been assigned to read in school. I wanted to study it,…
Five Places You Might Go If You Died and Went to the Norse Afterlife
No part of the Norse afterlife is more famous than Valhalla. You can find it in the Marvel universe, it’s referred to in shows like Vikings and The Last Kingdom, it’s the subject of many heavy metal songs (one of my personal favorites is Judas Priest’s “Halls of Valhalla” from the Redeemer of Souls album), and you can read about it in books by Rick Riordan and Neil Gaiman, among others.
A Love Letter to the Luminiferity & a Review of Ethera Grave
(Spoiler warning: while I’ve tried to step lightly, some discussions of plot, characters, and events might spoil certain developments in the books.) Essa Hansen brings her Graven trilogy to a…
10 of the Most Memorable Death Scenes in Books, Movies, and TV-shows
As Umberto Eco said, “there is nothing more wonderful than a list,” especially a list full of death scenes. 1. Boromir in The Fellowship of the Ring (the movie) Boromir’s…