Songs and Stories of the Ghouls

by Alice Notley

An epic poem of genocide, designed to create power for the dead

Left dead after our cultures were broken by triumphant enemies, our stories changed to suit others. We now change them again to suit ourselves. Songs and Stories of the Ghouls purports to give power to the dead--voices to the victims of genocide both ancient and contemporary--and presence to women. Medea did not kill her sons; Dido founds a city, over and over again,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819569569
• ISBN13: 9780819569561
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"