Respun Myths

Thursday, October 17, 2024 4:30 PM EDT
Wilkins Plaza, Wilkins Plaza Tent, between the Johnson Center and Horizon Hall, George Mason University.

Eunice Hong and Rania Hanna reimagine folklore and mythology to tell vivid and powerful family stories. Hanna’s debut novel The Jinn Daughter uses Middle Eastern mythology to tell a gripping story about a mother protecting her daughter. Author Ehigbor Okosun says, “A beautiful, haunting homage to Middle Eastern folklore, The Jinn Daughter is a stirring tale of love, grief, and the depths we’re willing to go to save our loved ones.” In her debut novel, Memento Mori, Hong applies the Greek myths of Eurydice, Orpheus, Persephone, and Hades to a complicated Korean American family. Author Liv Albert calls Memento Mori “an unexpected and thrilling story that features myth without being just a simple retelling.”