The Song of Achilles with Christina Bagni

This Queer Book Saved My Life

Ancient queer Greek love. The Easter Bunny. And everything in between.
Today we meet Christina Bagni and we’re talking about the book that saved her life The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
Christina is an editor, host of Classics and Chill, and the author of the YA novel My Only Real Friend is the Easter Bunny at the Mall.
For Christina, The Song of Achilles not only helped her to process a painful past relationship, but it also put her on a path to host a podcast based on the novel's source The Iliad, as well as to her write her own YA novel.
Connect with Christina
To connect to Christina's website, social media, her novel, and Classics and Chill, visit: linktr.ee/christinabagni
Buy The Song of Achilles and My Only Real Friend is the Easter Bunny at the Mall
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To purchase The Song of Achilles visit: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780062060624
To purchase My Only Real Friend is the Easter Bunny at the Mall visit: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781738767786
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Credits
Host/Founder: J.P. Der Boghossian
Executive Producer: Jim Pounds
Associate Producers: Archie Arnold, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Nicole Olila, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean Smith
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Permission to use clips from Classics and Chill provided by Christina Bagni.
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