Robyn King

Robyn King asked Madeline Miller:

Would you ever consider writing a book about Medusa with a similar style as you did with Circe? I loved reading Circe and the story of Medusa is so powerful and so open for interpretation, I'd love to see your take on it.

Madeline Miller Hello Lucy, and thank you! I have been getting a lot of questions about Medusa lately, and I love that the women of Greek mythology are getting re-evaluated--especially the ones that have been vilified. There are different versions of Medusa's story, but in one, she is raped by Poseidon in Athena's shrine, then turned into a monster by Athena as punishment for defiling (!) her temple. Medusa is a character rich with so much resonance--as a victim of injustice, as well as a perpetrator of it. But she isn't the character who has taken up residence in my brain for this next novel. Maybe she'll appear later, I never know, but in the meantime, I hope that others will tackle her story.

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Carly Lyn

Carly Lyn asked Madeline Miller:

Song of Achilles is my all-time favorite book and now Circe is as well. What I love about them both is the complexity of the characters' relationships. Both books are un-put-downable but also super character-driven. What's your approach to creating that page-turning ability in books that are mostly about feelings? What's your revision process like? Do you do a lot of cutting? Restructuring? Filling out?

lfreaton

lfreaton asked Madeline Miller:

Thank you for being a writer in my day and age. I literally gobbled up/read Circe then Song of Achilles in a week. These stories' are worlds, perhaps divinely inspired, helping this reader transcend today just enough to be remembered to life, itself: magic and mystery, virtue and its pains in discovery and, above all, love. What other classics did you rely on to write?

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