#norma jeane baker of troy

[orpheuslament]

Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

#words #anne carson #norma jeane baker of troy #dante.jpg #nr

[do-you-know-this-play]

#norma jeane baker of troy #anne carson #theatre #theater #plays #tumblr polls

[bookquotesforthesoul]

Desire is about vanishing. You dream of a bowl of cherries and next day receive a letter written in red juice.

Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

#poetry #anne carson #norma jeane baker of troy #book quote #desire

[bookends68]

norma jeane baker of troy - anne carson

#norma jeane baker of troy #anne carson

[gauwaine]

it’s a hustle. I keep telling her:

lower your eyes,

count to four,

raise your eyes,

say the line.

that’s how you lock in a hustle.

make them feel like they’re looking at Norma Jeane nude

even if you’re standing there with all your clothes on.

— Anne Carson in Norma Jeane Baker of Troy.

#lit. #plays #poetry #anne carson. #norma jeane baker of troy #tag later.

[eskwander]

And anyway, a heart surgeon told me once, no need to worry: once the cutting starts, a wound shines by its own light.

Anne Carson

#norma jeane baker of troy #anne carson #wound

[weltonboys]

norma jean baker of troy - anne carson

#mine #anne carson #i need to read everything she has ever released #dark academia #light academia #dark academic #poetry #words words words #words #norma jean baker of troy #soft academia #academia

[thegaysciences]

Ben Whishaw on heels for Norma Jean Baker of Troy

#ben whishaw #Norma Jean baker of Troy

[apollon-emos]

...Euripides makes a hero out of Helen, who was brutalized by merely staring at war too long.

―Anne Carson, Norma Jean Baker of Troy

#anne carson #excerpt #norma jean baker of troy #theatre

[catilinas]

helen of troy 🤝 geryon

#actually a tragedy that helen isn’t really in autobiography of red / red doc> / the geryon bits of h of h play #but like she and geryon share motifs! anne carson give helen a photography motif right now immediately. oh wait that’s norma jean baker of #troy. ok. but for real. helen 🤝 geryon. living past the end of their myths also #beeps

[orpheuslament]

Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

#anne carson #norma jeane baker of troy #words #dante.jpg #nr

[bagofbonesmp3]

average guy's bookdepository wishlist

#day 29492 no physical copy of norma jeane baker of troy #yo.txt

[filmnoirsbian]

Incomplete list of recommendations if you want greek myth retellings that are actually interesting and do something new with the concept:

Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell (& friends)

O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)

Cassandra by Christa Wolf

The King Must Die by Mary Renault

Los Reyes by Julio Cortázar

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Trojan Women: A Comic by Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno (let's be honest, Ms. Carson could easily dominate this whole list but I'm trying to limit myself to one and I think this one is the most interesting.)

Girl on an Altar by Marina Carr

Oresteia by Robert Icke

An Iliad by Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson

Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis

Helen in Egypt by Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)

Norma Jean Baker of Troy by Anne Carson (ok I lied, what are you gonna do about it?)

Weight by Jeanette Winterson

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Averno by Louise Glück

#it's incomplete bc these are just from the top of my head rn it's not comprehensive #tcp #in the beginning

[bookquotesforthesoul]

Sometimes I think language should cover its own eyes when it speaks.

Anne Carson, Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

#poetry #anne carson #norma jeane baker of troy #book quote #language

[mockiatoh]

Norma Jean Baker of Troy, Anne Carson

#Anne Carson #Helen #Trojan war #euripides #Iliad #odyssey #ofc this is only related to the other two but yk a shared audience #rape mention

[asteria-of-the-stars]

Feminine Rage

‘As women raged, old men fumbled and cried: “we’re sorry, we thought you didn’t care, oh.” - Florence + the Machine, 100 Years

Florence Welch // Sansa Stark, Game of Thrones // Anne Carson, Norma Jean Baker of Troy // Lucrezia Borgia, The Borgias // Florence + the Machine, Dream Girl Evil // Alicent Hightower, House of the Dragon // Kiki Rockwell, Same Old Energy // Paula Alquist, Gaslight // Taylor Swift, Mad Woman

#just thinking about them #my first attempt at web weaving #feminine rage #mad women #Florence Welch #dream girl evil #Sansa stark #alicent hightower #game of thrones #house of the dragon #lucrezia borgia #the Borgias #gaslight 1944 #Ingrid Bergman #anne carson #kiki rockwell #Taylor Swift #web weaving #mine #girlhood #womanhood