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Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale

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Some Ways to Retell a Fairy Tale

[ad_1] There’s more to “once upon a time” than meets the eye… A version of this story appeared in TEXT.   follow the story exactly, follow on, look behind, before, tell the other side or reveal that everyone was mistaken, or that events are true but the meaning forgotten, or that the events … Read more

A Fairy Tale Journey through Moscow in “Little Foxes Took Up Matches” – Chicago Review of Books

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A Fairy Tale Journey through Moscow in “Little Foxes Took Up Matches” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In Katya Kazbek’s debut novel Little Foxes Took Up Matches, eleven year-old Mitya strives to find his place in 1990s Moscow. As a toddler, Mitya swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle without consequence, an event that led his family to conclude that he is doomed to an early, sudden death, but that Mitya himself takes … Read more