Good morning to everyone except men who name their dogs Zeus

Author

Lannie Stabile

Call Number

• 811 S7753 (OSH)

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Publication Information

United Kingdom : Cephalopress Ltd., 2021.

Physical Description

xii, 89 pages : illustration ; 20 cm

Summary

"In this poetry collection, Lannie Stabile explores the patriarchal culture that firstly leads men to call their dogs Zeus, and secondly leads us all to accept that as kind-of okay--ignoring the fact that all-powerful Zeus, symbol of masculinity and thunder god, famously used his dominion to manipulate, abduct, and prey on countless women, human and deity alike. Interspersing Greek mythology with personal tales, weaving between adult and childhood narratives, Stabile masterfully brings together modern and ancient stories that will resonate deeply with the impact of a lightning strike. In dealing with heavy topics like depression and sexual assault, the author gives voice to the thoughts, feelings, and bodily experiences of countless people who find it so difficult to connect with, let alone express, their experiences."--Amazon website.

Notes

"Content warning: This collection explores themes that readers may find distressing. Some poems contain descriptions of sexual assault, rape, flashbacks, dealing with trauma, and depression."--Title page.

Contents

• Leda
• For the birds
• 1. Side flash
• I can't talk about it
• Callisto
• The effects of lightning on the human body
• Depression wakes me up in the morning
• Zeus was called daddy
• Europa
• A god is not a good man
• 2. Ground current
• My mother deftly misses the point
• His worst-case scenario
• Alcmene
• Husk
• God help us, another douchebag has named his dog Zeus
• Fettered
• In this Olympian house, we
• When my therapist asks me to explain what 90 seconds of safety feels like, I can only think of one example
• How many hands does the trout have?
• "Barnabas, they called Zeus"
• 3. Conduction
• The plural of cyclops is cyclopes
• Medusa haiku
• Her worst-case scenario
• When I tell friends my therapist suggested anger management, they all say, but you don't get angry
• How to define depression
• Metis
• 4. Streamers
• Lost child
• These boots were made for trauma
• Menagerie of deception
• I wish I had the foresight of Charlene Wood
• Michigan Tech University, Winter Festival, 2006
• Ganymede
• Slasher flicks are often parables on life-long healing
• 5. Direct strike
• When depression talks over me
• Danaë
• Letter to a rapist.