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Each week, an author in the JCF community contributes an essay interpreting our monthly theme and featured Campbell work. This little blast of mythology -- a MythBlast -- is the centerpiece for our weekly curations, which are pulled from our archives to showcase the incredible resources we have on the JCF site. The MythBlast page is the perfect way to dive deeper into mythology, storytelling, and the work of Joseph Campbell.

April 10, 2020

MythBlast | Strictly Platonic: The Clash Between Education and Sports

Gabrielle Basha

[caption id="attachment_19821" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Spectators at Iowa football game, The University of Iowa, 1950s. Courtesy of the University of Iowa Libraries' University Archives.[/caption] In 2015, Time Magazine ran a piece exploring why student athletes struggled...

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