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**Fifty leading writers retell myths from around the world in this dazzling follow-up to the bestselling *My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.*** Icarus flies once more. Aztec jaguar gods again stalk the earth. An American soldier designs a new kind of Trojan horse—his cremains in a bullet. Here, in beguiling guise, are your favorite mythological figures alongside characters from Indian, Punjabi, Inuit, and other traditions. **Aimee Bender** retells the myth of the** Titans.** **Elizabeth McCracken** retells the myth of **Lamia,** the child-eating mistress of Zeus. **Madeline Miller** retells the myth of **Galatea.** **Kevin Wilson** retells the myth of **Phaeton,** from Ovid’s *Metamorphoses.* **Emma Straub and Peter Straub** retell the myth of **Persephone.** **Heidi Julavits** retells the myth of **Orpheus and Euridice.** **Ron Currie, Jr.** retells the myth of **Dedalus.** **Maile Meloy** retells the myth of **Demeter.** **Zachary Mason** retells the myth of **Narcissus.** **Joy Williams** retells the myth of **Argos,** Odysseus’ dog. If “xo” signals a goodbye, then *xo Orpheus* is a goodbye to an old way of mythmaking. Featuring talkative goats, a cat lady, a bird woman, a beer-drinking ogre, a squid who falls in love with the sun, and a girl who gives birth to cubs, here are extravagantly imagined, bracingly contemporary stories, heralding a new beginning for one of the world’s oldest literary traditions. Read More