Phil Cousineau is the author of The Wisdom of the Odyssey and over forty other books. including the bestselling The Art of Pilgrimage, and The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on his Life and Work. Cousineau is a writer, teacher, filmmaker, storyteller, and cultural historian, who has consulted on mythology and story for major studios including Warner Brothers., Pixar, and Lucasfilm, and has led mythology travel programs to Greece for more than three decades. Cousineau has been featured on NPR, CNN International, the BBC, the Smithsonian and Discovery Channels, and was the host of PBS and LINK-TV’s Global Spirit. He lives in San Francisco. Visit him online at http://www.PhilCousineau.com.

Jennifer Barone is an Italian-American poet and artist. She is the author of four poetry collections, including "Sirenland," about the Bay of Naples, Italy, the siren mythology and stories of the sea, and "Saporoso: Poems of Italian Food & Love", Feather Press. A two-time winner of the SF Public Library’s "Poets Eleven" contest for North Beach, where she resides, she hosts the "Voices From the Hill" podcast interviewing Bay Area authors for Telegraph Hill Books, and leads creative writing workshops that blend writing, alchemy, and Italian culture. jenniferbarone.wordpress.com / Instagram & Substack: @baronejenn

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