Gorgon City: “We’ve always been fascinated by Greek mythology and stories. We have always felt that there is kind of ‘magic’ to that period of history and culture.

Perhaps no character from Greek myth personified that dual nature better than the "terrible" Medusa. "She's beautiful and grotesque," says Syropoulos. "We feel repulsion, but also compassion.

Gorgon is filled with lines that cut powerfully to the heart of such injustice. In a poem called “Hematologic,” Pietrucha envisions a resurrected Medusa reflecting on her wounds: I was loved not.