Louise Glück’s intimate knowledge of greek myth allows even a reader with surface level knowledge of myth would be able to enjoy it, however it’s particularly pleasurable when you’re able to understand the nuance. It’s beautiful how she’s able to keep myth alive and well through her work— myth’s appeal is how eternal it is and how you can see it in your life every day, and she truly understands this and illustrates the parallels that have allowed it to survive for centuries. She really does give it a “Vita Nova.”