Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
I was thrilled to be listening to Michael K. Vaughan’s exciting announcement of Sumerian September! The particular epic cycle he recommends—about a hero named Conan?—is unfamiliar to me, so I decided to pick up one of my own Sumerian favorites instead: Gilgamesh. One of the key questions in this story—and one I see as similar between Michael K. Vaughan’s choice of reading material and my own—is that both pieces of literature are interested in what makes people civilized and what makes them—well—BARBARIANS.
#CimmerianSeptember #SumerianSeptember
Michael K Vaughan @michaelk.vaughan8617
on this month of Conan the Barbarian youtube.com/watch?v=FPk-6F7HLWE
Steve Donoghue @saintdonoghue youtu.be/kDpCknM_UO8?si=EfhUpZy001GSLAB3
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BOOKS MENTIONED:
Gilgamesh, translated by Steven Mitchell
Gilgamesh, translated by David Ferry
Gilgamesh, translated by Stanley Lombardo
Gilgamesh, translated by Sophus Helle
Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem by Michael Schmidt
The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh by David Damrosch
Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem by Michael Schmidt
If Not, Winter--Sappho as translated by Anne Carson (very brief mention)
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I was thrilled to be listening to Michael K. Vaughan’s exciting announcement of Sumerian September! The particular epic cycle he recommends—about a hero named Conan?—is unfamiliar to me, so I decided to pick up one of my own Sumerian favorites instead: Gilgamesh. One of the key questions in this story—and one I see as similar between Michael K. Vaughan’s choice of reading material and my own—is that both pieces of literature are interested in what makes people civilized and what makes them—well—BARBARIANS.
#CimmerianSeptember #SumerianSeptember
Michael K Vaughan @michaelk.vaughan8617
on this month of Conan the Barbarian youtube.com/watch?v=FPk-6F7HLWE
Steve Donoghue @saintdonoghue youtu.be/kDpCknM_UO8?si=EfhUpZy001GSLAB3
SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL:
PATREON: patreon.com/hannahsbooks
KOFI tip jar: ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
BOOKS MENTIONED:
Gilgamesh, translated by Steven Mitchell
Gilgamesh, translated by David Ferry
Gilgamesh, translated by Stanley Lombardo
Gilgamesh, translated by Sophus Helle
Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem by Michael Schmidt
The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh by David Damrosch
Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem by Michael Schmidt
If Not, Winter--Sappho as translated by Anne Carson (very brief mention)
FIND ME ELSEWHERE:
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
Instagram: instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Goodreads: goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1 (currently inactive)
