Tag: Oedipus
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Out of Thebes
A play became the poems, which became a brand new play! Out of Thebes is in full swing in Santa Fe, NM: Santa Fe New Mexican article
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“This is a wonderful collection.”
“In Small Rooms with Gods, Angela Janda makes us stand on the bloody ground of Thebes, and demonstrates once again that come what may ‘there will always be some who will have to die.’ They are all here, Antigone, Creon, Ismene, Eurydice, Haemon, Teiresias, and even Oedipus, and we see them all from a new…
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“…beautifully written and deftly arranged.”
“Angela Janda’s poems are beautifully written and deftly arranged. Any reader familiar with the tales of Antigone and Oedipus will recognize these ancient figures in this collection. Their tragic resoluteness is there and keenly exposed, yet Ms. Janda’s creative use of language and imagery holds the reader in the contemporary world of swimming pools, candy…
Angela Janda 