Join Axel and Belle to discuss what we're reading and the role of the editor; get the lowdown on the beast known as postpostmodernism; hear an interview with Professor Lucas Lixinski of UNSW Law on folklore growing up in Brazil, storytelling and the law, and what the law can do to protect intangible cultural heritage; and enjoy an original retelling of the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche.
Lucas's favourite myths growing up were Saci and Negrinho do Pastoreio, both of Brazillian folklore. The books that have changed Lucas's worldview recently are The Prophets (2021) by Robert Jones Jr., published by Hachette, and The Reinvention of Humanity: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Remade Race, Sex and Gender (2020) by Charles King, published by Penguin.
Read Wen Yu Yang's poem 'In Diyu', here: https://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/publications/unsweetened-literary-journal/unsweetened-2021-mythological-playing-cards/yamla
Credits:
Theme music: Wen Yu Yang
Hosts: Axel-Nathaniel Rose and Belle Campbell
Literary History - postpostmodernism: Mia Lo Russo
Interview: Belle Campbell and Victoria Zhou
Mythos - Cupid and Psyche: Elena Kaloudis
With thanks to Lucas Lixinski.
