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  • Erika Harlitz-Kern

    Latest articles by Erika Harlitz-Kern

    Oratory.

    Tell me a story

    feature How the rise of audiobooks connects with our long history of oral storytelling

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    • The Odyssey.

      What happens when women translate the Classics

      feature Suddenly The Odyssey takes on a whole new meaning

      By Erika Harlitz-Kern Published 14 January 20

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    • Cleopatra.

      How Cleopatra became a canvas for society's anxieties

      The Explainer All of our fears about women in power, female sexuality, and race have been projected onto this historical figure

      By Erika Harlitz-Kern Published 30 December 19

      The Explainer
    • A Moomin.

      What the Moomins can tell us about fighting climate despair

      feature These books were written in the 1940s, but they can be read as parables of today's climate catastrophe

      By Erika Harlitz-Kern Published 29 November 19

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    • Viking women.

      The myth of the Viking woman warrior

      feature Women don't have to wield weapons to be strong

      By Erika Harlitz-Kern Published 9 October 19

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    • A runestone.

      Viking runestones were the original tweets

      feature What ancient carvings tell us about modern social media

      By Erika Harlitz-Kern Published 10 June 19

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