R.I.P. Sir Terry Pratchett
Some thoughts on the passing of Sir Terry Pratchett.
Tag: Literature
‘Goblin Market’ as Coal-Mine Canary
That the perusal of long, narrative poems is too rare in this day and age is a complaint likely to have been with us since the days of Homer. Nonetheless, the writing and reading of…Continue Reading
Speaking Lightly
A conversation with Daniel Gabelman Editor’s Note: Every now and then you discover a truly unique thinker, with the audacity and clarity to overturn the status quo—someone whose writings have a way of bending and…Continue Reading
A Conversation with Kate Wolford
Editor’s Note: Over the past ten years or so, fairy tales have undergone a veritable renaissance online. Today we’re happy to welcome one of the stalwarts and guiding lights of that renaissance: publisher, educator, and…Continue Reading
Subverting Laughter
Lovers of folk and fairy tale will glad to learn about the launch of a literary fairy tale website. Subverting Laughter is an interstitial, interdisciplinary research initiative presenting that wonderful Victorian pantomime, The Light Princess…Continue Reading
Desiring Dragons
"Fall down mountains, just don't fall on me" by Mark Witton. Reproduced under Creative Commons.
Part 2 of 2. Our second round of editorial drinks for Terri Windling’s latest moveable feast. Read Part 1 here. JP2: We’re kind of circling back to what Tolkien said—we don’t want dragons per se,…Continue Reading
The Three Spinning Women
Be it the spindles in Mother Holle and Briar Rose, or the wheels in The Twelve Huntsmen or Rumpelstiltskin, spinning is everywhere in the background of Grimm’s fairy tales. As Maria Tatar points out, there’s…Continue Reading