Life both for the earliest superheroes and your average Joe or Josepha is a set of obstacles. Homer puts Odysseus up against the sirens and Polyphemus. Then when he returns home, he’s only recognized by his dog, Argos. This last, facing the cosmic indifference of his universe, is the most difficult. What is the deal with Penelope anyway? Jean Rhys Wide Saragasso Sea is usually thought of as a prequel to Jane Eyre but the title is bewitching. Imagine living in a changeless liquid suspension with an absence of circumstance. Such timelessness is usually not the province of the storyteller or even a civilian. What to day or do in the absence of pain and suffering. How to negotiate utopia amidst dysphoria?
read "The El" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star
and read "The Waste Land" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star
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