Bookclub Read Me: Autobiography of Red - Anne Carson

26
March
De Groene Waterman 17:30

Read and connect by joining our English Bookclub. Today Megan Briggs talks about 'Autobiography of Red' by Anne Carson.

In Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (1998), Canadian poet and Classics scholar Anne Carson recasts the Greek myth of Geryon and the Tenth Labor of Herakles in modern time. Steischoros' tale of Herakles slaying the red-winged monster Geryon transforms into an epic-length free verse poem on desire and a damaging young love affair between the sensitive teenage Geryon and the hard-edged Herakles. Carson's genre-bending poeticism and irreverent scholarship is unlike anything you've read before—while taking up the age-old themes of love and human failure.

Megan Briggs is a former Fulbright English Teaching Assistant at the University of Antwerp, and is now pursuing a Master of Cultural Studies at KU Leuven. They come from the U.S. and previously studied Ethnicity, Race & Migration at Yale University.

Practicalities:

  • When: Thursday 26th of March 2026 - 5.30 pm
  • Where: De Groene Waterman - Wolstraat 7, 2000 Antwerp
  • Participation is free. Monetary contributions are appreciated but remain completely voluntary.
  • Please register by sending an e-mail to groenewaterman@groenewaterman.be

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