Step through the wardrobe, taste the pomegranate seeds, jump in the fairy ring?
June 13, 2023
As many of you know, last week we went to the Norm and Transgression in the Fairy-Tale Tradition: (Non)Normative Identities, Forms, and Writings conference at Brown University in Rhode Island……
Read MoreMay 23, 2023
The older we get and the longer we spend reading, studying, and generally obsessing about fairy tales, the more we understand that fairy tales are a language for saying anything….
Read MoreMay 2, 2023
Here’s something that a lot of people forget about Bram Stoker’s Dracula – it’s an epistolary novel, a.k.a. a novel made up of letters and other kinds of writing (like…
Read MoreApril 18, 2023
There are a bunch of people out there that love to claim that Shakespeare didn’t write his plays. More specifically, some people argue that he couldn’t possibly have done it. …
Read MoreMarch 7, 2023
One of the best things about our job is that we’re constantly reading more and learning more. Which means that something new is constantly blowing our minds. Yesterday’s revelation was…
Read MoreFebruary 28, 2023
That’s the $64,000 question. And if you’ve ever heard us talk, you know there’s basically a zero percent chance that we’re going to give you a “yes” or “no” answer….
Read MoreFebruary 21, 2023
Today’s missive is by special request. (And hey, if there’s something you’d really like us to cover, or you have a burning folklore-related question, shoot us an email – we…
Read More