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Dickinson — Sex, Spanish, Stew

February 11, 2016 by William Eaton

Emily, in not so foreign tongues   The first law of American literature: Somewhere, somehow, in God only knows what language, you are always going to come across one more, intriguing—if not indeed great—Emily Dickinson poem. A poem that you have previously overlooked, or not even heard of. And yet, there it is, ready to reward your attention. A rider: The poem might be about sex. Not sex like Henry Miller with his beloved Germaine du Café de l’Éléphant, soaping […]

Categories: William Eaton, ZiR • Tags: Barcelona, dogs, Emily Dickinson, fairy tales, Henry Miller, poetry, sex, Spanish

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I never followed Oz because it seemed unreal

April 21, 2014 by Alexia Raynal

The difference between fairy and wonder tales I recently stumbled upon an old print of Lyman Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz (1944). I’ve never been interested enough in the book to finish it, but the introduction is an exciting thing to read. In it, Baum distinguishes between fairy tales and wonder tales, and places Oz in the latter. The classic fairy tale, he says (almost in a prophetic tone), filled many “childish” hearts with joy, Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, […]

Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: childhood, fairy tales

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Fairy tales and beggars: 30 Dec-5 Jan 2013 (ZiR)

December 31, 2012 by Alexia Raynal

Fairy tales and beggars: 30 DEC – 5 Jan 2013 (ZiR) Alexia Raynal [One in an ongoing series of posts. For the full series see Zeteo is Reading.] 30 December 2012 Fairy tales remind us our primitive selves. Perhaps this is why I cannot stop reading the stories in Calla’s edition of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales, a wonderfully illustrated and thick volume I got as a holiday a present. These are the first lines I read in “Jorinda and Joringel”: There was once […]

Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: fairy tales, Shakespeare, The Guardian

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A Week of Reading: 14-20 October 2012

October 14, 2012 by William Eaton

From Keyonna Hayes, Zeteo Assistant Editor 14 October 2012                                                                                                         Here is a quote from Kahlil Gibran, one of my favorite authors: I am happy now because I have […]

Categories: ZiR • Tags: art, Asian culture, fairy tales, Italy, knowledge, marine biology, photography, poetry, psychology

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