Martin Shaw

Dr Martin Shaw is an acclaimed teacher of myth. Author of the award-winning Mythteller trilogy (A Branch from the Lightning TreeSnowy TowerScatterlings), he founded the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University, and is director of the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK.

He has introduced thousands of people to mythology and how it penetrates modern life. For twenty years Shaw has been a wilderness rites of passage guide, working with at-risk youth, those who are unwell, returning veterans as well as many women and men seeking a deeper life.

His translations of Gaelic poetry and folklore (with Tony Hoagland) have been published in Orion magazine, Poetry InternationalKenyon ReviewPoetry magazine and Mississippi Review. Shaw’s most recent books include The Night WagesCinderbiterWolf MilkCourting the Wild Twin and his Lorca translations, Courting the Dawn (with Stephan Harding).

His essay and conversation with Ai Weiwei on myth and migration was released by the Marciano Art Foundation.

 

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Books By Martin Shaw

Courting the Wild Twin

Paperback

Smoke Hole

Hardcover

Courting the Wild Twin

Hardcover

Smoke Hole

Paperback