Follow as Paul and Jay slice right through book 18 with their well honed three-part analysis:

1. The Obvious and Essential

2. The Subtle but Crucial

3. The Lingering Questions

With these points in mind, you should be ready to discuss the chapter in your own class with inspiration and authority.

Jay opens the episode with a short poem by Yeats, "He Wishes for The Cloths of Heaven." https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/he-wishes-cloths-heaven/

Book 17 of the Odyssey puts father and son on the stage together for the first time. Each has been formed by his own odyssey and is now eager to pit himself against the bad odds in Ithaca. It is a chapter that builds anticipation and shows off Homer's genius. Jay opens the episode with a haunting poem from Richard Blanco, "My Father, My Hands." https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-blanco #english #classics #highschoolenglish #literature #humanities #homer #theodyssey #pedagogy #teachertalk #teachertalkwithpaul&jay #podcast #podcasts #literature #poetry #homeschool #homeschooling #homeschoollearning

Paul and Jay review book fifteen of the Odyssey where Homer begins to weave back together the threads of family and home and order that have been frayed for a long long time in Ithaca. Follow along as they both offer insights into teaching this great text. Paul opens the episode with a poem by Bruce Weigl, "My Autumn" leaves.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42757/my-autumn-leaves