Fairy-Tale Files: Seven's Up

by | Dec 19, 2014 | Fairy-Tale Files

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors.The number seven appears in fairy tales old and new. The most recognizable occurrence of this is the seven dwarfs in Snow White, a German...

Pins & Needles No. 20: Daniel Olivas

by | Dec 16, 2014 | Pins & Needles

No. 20: Daniel OlivasQ: Your piece features a great deal of dream logic, such as Pánfilo accepting without question his ex-lover sitting atop a gigantic heart. Kate Bernheimer would call this “intuitive logic” in a traditional fairy tale. What is it about this kind of...

Fairy-Tale Files: The Boy Who Drew Cats

by | Dec 12, 2014 | Fairy-Tale Files

Fairy-Tale Files, published once weekly, feature three variations of a fairy tale chosen by one of Fairy Tale Review’s editors.In the Japanese fairy tale, a young boy finds an abandoned temple—apparently all the priests were driven away by a giant goblin-rat—and draws...

Pins & Needles No. 19: Beth Steidle

by | Dec 9, 2014 | Pins & Needles

“Which path are you going to take,” asked the wolf, “the path of needles or the path of pins?” No. 19: Beth SteidleQ. This essay is called “From the West,” but you currently live in Brooklyn—are you from the West? How did your conception of the West inform your...