Madeline Miller, author of our December pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions on “Circe,” and Jeff announces the January ...

Madeline Miller's powerful new novel recasts the goddess Circe, best known for turning Odysseus' men into pigs in Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey," as a powerful feminist goddess. The book follows ...

But there is more to Circe than punishing men with potions and porcine charms. She is, after all, the very first witch in Western Literature. And now, at long last, Madeline Miller has woven her ...

An ancient wine vessel depicts the scene from Homer's Odyssey where Odysseus confronts Circe after she transforms his men into pigs. (Metropolitan Museum of Art / (DMN file)) Madeline Miller's re ...

With its feminist themes and thrilling prose, Madeline Miller’s bestselling Circe became the book of the year. Now, HBO Max is working on a television adaptation. Have you read Circe?

Circe’s previous fame derived from her appearance ... I have not made those calculations, but it feels right.” Madeline Miller will appear at 2 p.m. April 22 at the Festival of Books on ...

Classics scholar Madeline Miller, six years after her debut The Song of Achilles won the Orange Prize for fiction, has brought us another reading of Circe, one that embodies many of the stories ...