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Once upon a time the Crown Prince of Jupiter glimpsed a miniature of Esmerelda, Princess of the Sun, and fell instantly in love. But was that really
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This month’s modern-day siren admits to hearing voices, sometimes in the form of a chant and other times in a skat-style melody without any words,
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Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Memory Theater [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Karin Tidbeck. This novel rewrites
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Once upon a time……I needed to have a project for my 3rd grade artists( which contained mostly boys). I created this lesson thinking they might
Little kids aren’t the only ones who can benefit from subversive authors taking liberties with the classics. There are some amazing reimagined
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Dream a little dream and join Distinction Gallery as they proudly welcome the creative voice of painter and muralist Amandalynn and her whimsical
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Many authors use food in their short stories, novels, and memoirs to invoke the senses, reveal a little bit about their characters, and help readers
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Niflheim was colder than cold, and the murky mist that cloaked everything hung heavily. The skies were hidden by mist and the ground was clouded by
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Fox meat and coyote bones and deer hearts black as secrets. Catherynne M Valente, Six-Gun Snow White [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local
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Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes, and Children’s Movies Aren’t for the Faint of Heart by Debra H. Goldstein My daughter and son-in-law recently had a
On this day in 1835, the first installment of Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales was published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hans
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While devising the most compelling mise-en-scène for her painting and sculpting practice back in 2017, Kitt Buch thought about the various
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Fairy Tales is the latest in a series of immersive children’s exhibitions to reach Hulme’s Z-arts from the Discover Children’s Story Centre in
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CBC’s new History is Lit series will explore literary history, book lore, ancient storytelling, and any place where stories and yesteryear
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CBC’s new History is Lit series will explore literary history, book lore, ancient storytelling, and any place where stories and yesteryear