{"product_id":"courting-the-wild-twin-isbn-9781603589505","title":"Courting the Wild Twin","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Fabulous.\"—Dan Richards, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolloway\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Terrifically strange and thrilling.\"—Melissa Harrison, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll Among the Barley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A modern-day bard.\"—Madeline Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book of literary activism – an antidote to the shallow thinking that typifies our age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCourting the Wild Twin\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed scholar, mythologist and author of \u003ci\u003eSmoke Hole\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBardskull\u003c\/i\u003e, Martin Shaw unravels two ancient European fairy tales concerning the mysterious ‘wild twin’ located deep inside all of us. By reading these tales and becoming storytellers ourselves, he challenges us to confront modern life with purpose, courage, and creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartin summons the reader to the \"ragged edge of the dark wood\" to seek out this estranged, exiled self – the part we generally shun or ignore to conform to societal norms – and invite it back into our consciousness. If there was something we were meant to do with our few, brief years on Earth, we can be sure that our wild twin is holding the key.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter all, stories are our secret weapons – and they might just save us.“Terrifically strange and thrilling. One for all you storytellers.”\u003cb\u003e—Melissa Harrison, author of \u003ci\u003eAll Among the Barley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This magical book underlines the ability of storytelling to rewrite reality while functioning as a practical—and highly personal—guide to the rewilding of the self.”\u003cb\u003e—David Keenan, author of \u003ci\u003eFor the Good Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCourting the Wild Twin\u003c\/i\u003e revels in the fabulous—the alchemy of story, primaeval nouse and narrative. Shaw is proof of William Blake’s adage that ‘Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not believed.’ A thrilling exploration of ancient ambiguity, this book digs deep into the miraculous mulch of myth.”\u003cb\u003e—Dan Richards, author of \u003ci\u003eOutpost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A book that comprehends the forests of the soul, written with fierce courage and audacious wildness.”\u003cb\u003e—Jay Griffiths, author of \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This remarkable, powerful, provocative and timely book is about the same size as your smartphone. Carry it in your other pocket, and every time you reach for your phone, take this out instead. Give your imagination, your activism, your poetic\/mythic self some soul food. That’s what I did, and it delighted me every time.”\u003cb\u003e—Rob Hopkins, author of \u003ci\u003eFrom What Is to What If\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Martin Shaw turns words into stories and stories into unpredictable excursions in search of the Wild Twin within each and all. He reveals the importance of this often exiled, yet deeply necessary inner otherness, the very part that holds the secret sense of rapport and essential relatedness that entwines human nature with the heart of Mother Nature.”\u003cb\u003e—Michael Meade, author of \u003ci\u003eAwakening the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCourting the Wild Twin\u003c\/i\u003e beckons us to step through the doorway that stories create, and reveals a pathway to awakening our relationship with the world around—and with ourselves.”\u003cb\u003e—Dee Dee Chainey, author of \u003ci\u003eA Treasury of British Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDr Martin Shaw is an acclaimed teacher of myth. Author of the award-winning Mythteller trilogy (\u003ci\u003eA Branch from the Lightning Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSnowy Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScatterlings\u003c\/i\u003e), he founded the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University, and is director of the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK.\u003cbr\u003eHe has introduced thousands of people to mythology and how it penetrates modern life. For twenty years Shaw has been a wilderness rites of passage guide, working with at-risk youth, those who are unwell, returning veterans as well as many women and men seeking a deeper life.\u003cbr\u003eHis translations of Gaelic poetry and folklore (with Tony Hoagland) have been published in \u003ci\u003eOrion \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003ePoetry International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and \u003ci\u003eMississippi Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Shaw’s most recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Night Wages\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCinderbiter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWolf Milk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCourting the Wild Twin\u003c\/i\u003e and his Lorca translations, \u003ci\u003eCourting the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e (with Stephan Harding).\u003cbr\u003eHis essay and conversation with Ai Weiwei on myth and migration was released by the Marciano Art Foundation.","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233053487333,"sku":"NP9781603589505","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781603589505.jpg?v=1767724187","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/courting-the-wild-twin-isbn-9781603589505","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}