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Sasha Mutchnik

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  1. 9:10

    Iphigenia in Aulis Euripides

    Performed at her hippie sixth-grade graduation, Greek-Olympics themed, with Sasha in the title role, obviously.

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  2. 9:10

    Iphigenia in Tauris Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1787

    The sequel where Artemis swaps in a deer; her nominee for most underrated myth in the discourse.

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  3. 11:04

    The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer, 1400

    Her thesis: a bunch of starter packs, which makes Chaucer the original meme lord.

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  4. 11:05

    Le Roman de la Rose Guillaume de Lorris & Jean de Meun, 1300

    A medievalist's favorite, cited for how much Greek myth it quietly carries.

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  5. 29:38

    The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio, 1353

    Once reworked as influencers in Tulum; also the Italian twin Chaucer may have quietly borrowed.

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  6. 48:03 Rec.

    Family Lexicon Natalia Ginzburg, 1963

    The last book her sister sent her, and the closest thing here to an unhedged rave.

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  7. 49:14 Rec.

    Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry, 1963

    Carried around town it turned out to be a dog whistle; her pick for gender-neutral classic.

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  8. 59:01 Rec.

    Is That a Fish in Your Ear? David Bellos, 2011

    Cited on how losses in translation can be the interesting part.

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