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In come from, home and homecoming seem like a sort of myth. The book, like so many myths, starts with an invocation, it includes a poem titled “origin story,” several of the pages work together to try and form a foundation (even though alexandra’s invocation is to her mother, not the gods; her origin story starts with a dream; her foundation is constantly moving, made up of several parts). If mythic, then it might seem like home is something separate from reality, something of tall tales with weapon cladded heroes, journeys to the underworld, and divine interventions. But why separate myth from reality? There are, after all, so many things about myth that are very real. It’s a deeply embodied tradition, one passed on through translations, songs, poems, plays, and other enactments.
