after troy

<p><em>after troy</em> Taban lo Liyong's booklength poem is an expansive and engaging elaboration of two classical Greek texts Homer's Odyssey and Aeschylus's Oresteia. Its focus is the homecoming from the Trojan war of two hero-kings Odysseus and Agamemnon. Lo Liyong recreates their thoughts and speech adding dialogue from other characters most of them women who are not given a voice in the original stories. <em>after troy</em> is also a philosophical enquiry into retribution and justice.</p>