tragos: I received some good news a couple days ago. The most recent issue of the journal Criticism has published an entire issue devoted to the TV show The Wire. As some of you might now, Tragos HQ has long endorsed Simon and Burns’ depiction of an American city surviving but not thriving in the naughties. As some of you might also know, I’m a bit obsessed with another city: Athens in the 5th century BCE. I wrote an article on both titled, “Greek Gods in Baltimore: Greek Tragedy and The Wire.” (It’s under my other name, not Tragos, regrettably.) The Wire’s creator, David Simon, once claimed the show had roots in Greek tragedy. When I read that, I couldn’t help asking the question: what the hell does that mean, exactly?  If you’re interested and you have access to JSTOR, you can find the article here. If not, please feel free to drop me a line at tragos12 AT me DOT com. I’ll see what I can come up with. Finally, my student status pays off.
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I received some good news a couple days ago. The most recent issue of the journal Criticism has published an entire issue devoted to the TV show The Wire. As some of you might now, Tragos HQ has long endorsed Simon and Burns’ depiction of an American city surviving but not thriving in the naughties. As some of you might also know, I’m a bit obsessed with another city: Athens in the 5th century BCE.

I wrote an article on both titled, “Greek Gods in Baltimore: Greek Tragedy and The Wire.” (It’s under my other name, not Tragos, regrettably.)

The Wire’s creator, David Simon, once claimed the show had roots in Greek tragedy. When I read that, I couldn’t help asking the question: what the hell does that mean, exactly? 

If you’re interested and you have access to JSTOR, you can find the article here. If not, please feel free to drop me a line at tragos12 AT me DOT com. I’ll see what I can come up with.

Finally, my student status pays off.

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  1. msodradek said: Wow, impressive! It seemed too daunting a prospect before, but Elizabeth Wilcox and you have made me decide start watching the series asap.
  2. byronic reblogged this from tragos
  3. superfluidity said: Can’t wait to read it! Congrats!
  4. stackmack reblogged this from graydongordian
  5. brainfo reblogged this from tragos and added:
    student status pays off.
  6. graydongordian reblogged this from ecantwell and added:
    Looking forward to picking up a copy.
  7. ecantwell reblogged this from tragos and added:
    We just finished Season 4, so...going to wait until we’re done
  8. quatsch said: Directly to my to-read list for tomorrow! :)
  9. mccyp said: Someone in Germany saw this post, shrieked and forwarded it to all her friends…
  10. davepress said: I’m all over this like white on rice. Can’t wait to read it in a non-hungover state.
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