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Review: The Sleeper And The Spindle

Posted on April 7, 2018 by

On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the … Continue reading →

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Local College Student Parodies Fairy Tales | Singles Ads

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

Hey everyone! Time for the final installment of snippets from the portfolio I created for the end-of-course assessment in my Literary Retelling & Impersonation class. Today’s pieces are singles ads and, while I’m quite happy with all the fairy tale retellings … Continue reading →

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Local College Student Parodies Fairy Tales | Dear Fairy Godmother + Sports Column

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

This will be the last of my fairy tale posts for a while, I’m afraid! Don’t worry, though: I’m planning to post one or two more in July. In the meantime, I’d love to hear your feedback on these pieces … Continue reading →

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Local College Student Parodies Fairy Tales | Lifestyle Section + Missing Person Notices

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

Hi all! Thought I’d share more of the writing portfolio I created for the end-of-course assessment in my Literary Retelling & Impersonation class! Today’s snippets include missing person notices, as well as articles from my make-believe newspaper’s lifestyle section. Ahhhhh … Continue reading →

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Local College Student Parodies Fairy Tales | The “Snow White” Edition

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

Throughout the past semester, I’ve often talked about how much I enjoyed my Literary Retelling & Impersonation writing workshop. For the final project, we were to turn in a portfolio of our work throughout the course, consisting of both short … Continue reading →

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Local College Student Parodies Fairy Tales | Read All About It!

Posted on April 23, 2017 by

During the first unit of my Literary Retelling & Impersonation class, we studied tales by the Brothers Grimm and I felt inspired to pick up a very old writing project of mine. We’re required to write one retelling and one … Continue reading →

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Cinderella, Or The Little Glass Slipper | An Impersonation Of Anne Sexton (AKA Sometimes I Write Poetry)

Posted on April 3, 2017 by

It’s the third day of National Poetry Month and I’m three poems into my poetry-reading binge, which I’m happy to say has been so much fun so far! Today I thought I would share some of my own poetry with … Continue reading →

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