Ugresic’s Baba Yaga
Dubravka Ugresic discusses her new interpretation of Baba Yaga, witch of Russian lore who kidnaps children & lives in a house on chicken feet.
Dubravka Ugresic discusses her new interpretation of Baba Yaga, witch of Russian lore who kidnaps children & lives in a house on chicken feet.
David O’Neill shares his portrait of Emily Dickinson, whose silence has produced a discordant chorus of speculation and mythmaking.
Some scary news this morning: my father-in-law’s multiple myeloma has rather suddenly mutated into plasma cell leukemia. Rather than sitting on our terrace this weekend, Max and I (and The Magic Mountain) will be flying south for a trip of uncertain duration. Have a good holiday. I’ll be back when I’m back.
Moby-Dick is the subject of the latest Wattis Institute show devoted to a canonical American novel. (Via.)
An adaptation of Franz Kafka’s “A Hunger Artist” will be staged at The Red Room July 16-18.