U.S. writer David Vann’s “Bright Air Black” is not for the sensitive or those who prefer verbs. AFP Getty Images David Vann’s “Bright Air Black” retells the tale of Medea and Jason and the Argonauts.

By Natalie Haynes Harper Collins, 367 pages, $30 If you’re wondering why a novelist would write a new version of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, the answer might be in a line from ...

Jason's Slave is a role in Medea, a play that opened Broadway in 1947. Immortalized by Euripides, the story of Medea has inspired numerous literary and musical works. Medea, the mythological sorceress ...

Mythologist and novelist Natalie Haynes centers Medea, not Jason, in the classic myth in her new book, "No Friend to This House." When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters ...