By contrasting the traditional Demeter/Persephone myth with a contemporary interpretation, this session will explore how LDS women negotiate power within patriarchy and the possibilities of creating more balance. Persephone Awakened is a book of poems written in a contemporary voice of Persephone as she addresses a childhood companion whom she loses after her abduction. The poems are accompanied by Japanese Shakuhachi flute music (the silent voice of the male companion); the entire piece creates a balance of female and male “voices.”

Danielle Beazer Dubrasky