The Heroic Journey in Shirley Lim’s Princess Shawl
The Heroic Journey in Shirley Lim’s Princess Shawl
by Nurul Huda
This article will be discussing a work of an author that is no stranger to the Malaysian literary scene. Or, as a matter of fact, to the Singaporean, Hong Kong and American literary scene. Many Malaysian students knows her from studying her poem “Monsoon History” in our secondary school English syllabus, and most university students study her short story “Mr. Tang’s Girls” for … Read entire article »
Filed under: Articles & Essays, Featured
The Handless Maiden (revisited)
The Handless Maiden (revisited)
By Olivia V. Ambrogio
Once there was a woman whose father cut off her hands.
He said there were reasons for cutting off her hands; he said he was coerced. The devil made him do it; he needed her to marry, and apparently with hands she put up too much of a fight. We don’t know what her mother was doing during all of this.
But no one wanted her … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Issue 10 (May 2010)
All the Fishes Come Home to Roost
All the Fishes Come Home to Roost
by Rachel Manija Brown, 2005
Reviewed by Tanya B. Avakian
My horse had stumbled on the field of battle, breaking her leg and throwing me. The cavalry had ridden on ahead and been slain in that last desperate battle.
So it was that I, a calvarywoman without her horse, had come late and yet just in time, the highest-ranking officer yet living, to rally the troops and hold the breach. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Book Reviews, Featured
Glass, Blood, and Ash by Catherynne M. Valente
Here we come at last to the end of April, the month we all began as fools. Do we now end as hermits, the secluded wise? We may or may not; however, in our concluding installment in honor of National Poetry Month in the United States, we do have a modern urban anchorite to see us off into the lusty month of May. Catherynne M. Valente joins us today with a poem of blood … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cabinet des Fées, Featured, Interviews
Orpheus by Amal El-Mohtar
Two more days in April: two more poets to celebrate what is the close of National Poetry Month in the United States. Today, we welcome Amal El-Mohtar, no stranger to the digital pages of Cabinet des Fées – she has been published in Scheherezade’s Bequest, she writes book reviews for the site, and has been interviewed in her fearsomely mischievous guise as one-half of the Goblin Queen duo with Jessica P. Wick, editing … Read entire article »
Filed under: Cabinet des Fées, Featured, Interviews
Baba Yaga Said by Seanan McGuire
In these last few days of April – which is National Poetry Month in the United States – I would like to share with you some fine poetry by some enchanting poets. To begin with, we have a poem by Campbell award-nominated Seanan McGuire featuring the fearsomely strange figure of Baba Yaga. But first, allow me to introduce the poet:
A folklore maven and woman of the beautiful weird, Seanan burst onto the urban fantasy … Read entire article »
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CdF in Print
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making began as a book-within-a-book in Catherynne M. Valente's adult novel, Palimpsest, a part of the protagonist’s childhood, a strange novel for children written in the 1920s, about a young girl spirited away to Fairyland by the Green Wind, and her adventures there, battling the wicked Marquess, befriending outlandish creatures, and growing up. Available to read online with donations requested.
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