A Monthly Journal of Poetics (Issue 30, June 2013—Buch Märchen Issue)
The fairy way is a non-representational way; it is a short cut between experience and knowledge. As Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat tells confused little Alice – when she asks how to get to the Queen – “Some go this way. Some go that way. I prefer the short-cut.” —Kate Bernheimer on The Fairy Way of Reading (and Writing)
The Volta’s Evening Will Come has just released a special issue on Buch Märchen — a term meaning written fairy tales. Head over to the site for insights on fairy tale techniques (Intuitive Logic / Everyday Magic / Flatness / Sublime / Abstraction) by authors of the modern fairy tale. These include:
