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Category Archives: storytelling
Wolf Bait
The year I started middle school, that song was always on the radio: Hey there, Little Red Riding Hood, You sure are lookin’ good, You’re everything a big, bad wolf could want… At the time, I was into bouncing around … Continue reading
Posted in Art Narratives, Books, storytelling
Tagged Angela Carter, Little Red Riding Hood, The Bloody Chamber, wolves, wound licking
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Slightly Off Track
Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) was born in Ft Worth, Texas, an only child. Her parents split 10 days before she was born. It was no secret that Patricia had been an unwanted child. Her mother had no problems telling everyone how … Continue reading
Exiled by Choice
Her father was an IRA gunman dedicated to an independent Ireland. This meant that Maeve Brennan (1917-1993) was subjected to a rather unstable and tense childhood as her father was often arrested and jailed for his political activities. In fact, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dubliners, Holly Golightly, IRA, Ireland, James Joyce, Maeve Brennan, sofas
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Gum, Grit, and Storytelling
She chewed gum while lecturing. It was a habit she picked up once when, while presenting her thoughts in front of an audience, the words got stuck in her throat. Chewing gum induced salivation and let the words flow once … Continue reading
Posted in Art Narratives, female consciousness, storytelling
Tagged “Goodbye and Good Luck", Grace Paley
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Profiling Storytellers
Before the FBI’s criminal profiling, there was Miss Marple. Miss Marple didn’t need an FBI profiler to know a criminal when she saw one. A careful observer of human behaviour, she relied upon her own experience to identify personality types. … Continue reading
Posted in Art Narratives, Books, storytelling
Tagged abductive reasoning, Agatha Christie, bomb shelters, criminal profiler, Miss Marple, World War II
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The Narrative Within 