The Summer 2007 issue of Endicott Studio’s Journal of Mythic Arts is up, and this one is geared for the YA crowd; there are poems from “Stardust” author Neil Gaiman and fiction from my Bookslut reading partner, Catherynne M. Valente, and two good essays, one on the “Orphaned Hero” in Harry Potter etc and the other on Why Disney’s The Little Mermaid May Not Be As Feminist as You Think – I mean, if you thought it was, which I never really did, but I did like the singing lobster. And there may be two poems from Becoming the Villainess in there as well…
My Heart’s Not Broken
So, aside from a very sore back, I’ve returned from the stress echo completely intact. My heart, aside from a little minor arrhythmia, isn’t infected with anything, and doesn’t show any other problems. I got to hear it – the tech played the rhythm, that tell-tale lub-dub, and I got to see the fuzzy pictures. The fun part was running a thirty-percent incline at five miles an hour. Yah. Good times.
Featured Fractured Fairytales
In Poetry News, I am honored to be the featured poet at Endicott Studio’s Journal of Mythic Arts Spring Anniversary issue. Some fantastic essays on the origins of various fairy tales – Rapunzel, the Arabian Nights – some wonderful art work. And great lists in some of the essays of which poets and fictionists to read if you’re interested in this kind of thing. I could read it for days. Just like those lolcats pictures.