The Sacking of the Muses

the Muses have been sacked their role in the pantheonsold up for some new real estate venture When the Muses are sacked, what are we to do? The Muses who inspire poetry, astronomy, history and daily living bring their song and dance into present-day political struggles. These Muses are for rebellion. Susan Hawthorne’s poems span millennia of resistance by women. The earth itself is implicated. She writes about women's bodies, how they are used, abused and celebrated in birthing, in sexual pleasure, in grief, in imagining. She draws on stories from ancient and contemporary India, from Greece and Rome, through language, storytelling and translation. we embrace our double lives like actors and their alter egos some say śleṣa is unnatural I've heard the same said about us

Table of Contents:
Prologue Temper of the dance anupada LOVE Putana Kunti 1 Amba 1 Draupadi 1 Kunti 2 anupada EXILE Draupadi 2 Karna 1 Amba 2 Draupadi 3 Arjuna 1 anupada WAR Kunti 3 Amba 3 Arjuna 2 Karna 2 Kunti 4 Draupadi 4 Draupadi 5 anupada Embrace Ślesa Fire Gods Two Bright Horses Storm Gods Earthsky AT2018cow Ancient Cataclysm Storm Season Brhaspati's Cows Surabhi and Nandini Usaas Twenty Stanzas of Meghaduta Sarasvatikanthabharana: Sarasvati's Necklace Notes Towards a Poem about Madhu/Honey Demon Lagna Pooja Rooms Trijata's Dream Sappho's Butterfly Sappho's Butterfly Things a Lesbian Should Know Nonsense Sense Patriarchal Grammar Cyane The Clamping of Alcmena Circe Fragment 16, Sappho Fragment 22, Sappho Five Rivers The Sacking of the Muses 01 The Sacking of the Muses 02 Kalliope, Muse of Epic Poetry 03 Muses are Organising 04 Polyhymnia, Muse of Song 05 Muses are Grieving 06 Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy 07 Muses in Hiding 08 Ourania, Muse of Astronomy 09 Muses Undercover 10 Erato, Muse of Lyric Poetry 11 Muses Writing a Manifesto 12 Kleio, Muse of History 13 Muses are Occupying 14 Euterpe, Muse of Music 15 Muses Love Pageants 16 Thalia, Muse of Comedy 17 Muses are Dancing 18 Terpsichore, Muse of Dance 19 Muses Come out of Hiding 20 Tenth Muse, Sappho Mnemosyne The Festival of Memoria Acknowledgements

About the Author :
Susan Hawthorne is an award-winning writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Her works include eight collections of poetry. Her collection Cow (2011) was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Poetry prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and was a Finalist in the Audre Lorde Lesbian Poetry Prize (USA). Earth's Breath (2009) was shortlisted for the Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Susan has been the recipient on international residencies in Turkey, Italy and India.

Review :
Red Doc> and The Sacking of the Muses: Susan Hawthorne's books have been compared to Anne Carson's, especially The Autobiography of Red the forerunner to Red Doc>. Both are imbued with ancient stories and each seeks to transform those stories into contemporary forms. They operate in the hybrid zone between epic and lyric poetry. Louise Gluck Red Doc> and The Sacking of the Muses: Susan Hawthorne's books have been compared to Anne Carson's, especially The Autobiography of Red the forerunner to Red Doc>. Both are imbued with ancient stories and each seeks to transform those stories into contemporary forms. They operate in the hybrid zone between epic and lyric poetry. Louise Gluck Red Doc> and The Sacking of the Muses: Susan Hawthorne's books have been compared to Anne Carson's, especially The Autobiography of Red the forerunner to Red Doc>. Both are imbued with ancient stories and each seeks to transform those stories into contemporary forms. They operate in the hybrid zone between epic and lyric poetry. Louise Gluck Red Doc> and The Sacking of the Muses: Susan Hawthorne's books have been compared to Anne Carson's, especially The Autobiography of Red the forerunner to Red Doc>. Both are imbued with ancient stories and each seeks to transform those stories into contemporary forms. They operate in the hybrid zone between epic and lyric poetry. Louise Gluck Red Doc> and The Sacking of the Muses: Susan Hawthorne's books have been compared to Anne Carson's, especially The Autobiography of Red the forerunner to Red Doc>. Both are imbued with ancient stories and each seeks to transform those stories into contemporary forms. They operate in the hybrid zone between epic and lyric poetry. Louise Gluck Red Doc> and The Sacking of the Muses: Susan Hawthorne's books have been compared to Anne Carson's, especially The Autobiography of Red the forerunner to Red Doc>. Both are imbued with ancient stories and each seeks to transform those stories into contemporary forms. They operate in the hybrid zone between epic and lyric poetry. Louise Gluck Red Doc> and The Sacking of the Muses: Susan Hawthorne's books have been compared to Anne Carson's, especially The Autobiography of Red the forerunner to Red Doc>. Both are imbued with ancient stories and each seeks to transform those stories into contemporary forms. They operate in the hybrid zone between epic and lyric poetry. Louise Gluck Red Doc> and The Sacking of the Muses: Susan Hawthorne's books have been compared to Anne Carson's, especially The Autobiography of Red the forerunner to Red Doc>. Both are imbued with ancient stories and each seeks to transform those stories into contemporary forms. They operate in the hybrid zone between epic and lyric poetry. Louise Gluck