Martial Arts

NYU’s Institute for the Humanities hosts a day-long festival on Sunday called “ War Music: Recent Stabs At The Epic.” We’re joined by three of the participants for a discussion of the continuing relevance and appeal of ancient war stories. Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet and Viet Nam War veteran Yusef Komunyakaa and playwright and dramaturge Chad Gracia joined forces to write Gilgamesh: A Verse Play (Wesleyan University Press, 2006) and actor Nigel Gore’s company Aurea headlines the festival with a performance of poet Christopher Logue’s contemporary version of The Iliad, "War Music.”