Book Review: “The Bloody Chamber” (1979) by Angela Carter

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Vlada Roslyakova by Pierluigi Maco for Vogue China (January 2007).

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If you are interested in gender, gothic writing, and fairy tales, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories is a book that should be at the very top of your To Read list (as well as Jeannine Hall Gailey’s Becoming The Villainess - write that down). It is one of those titles that cannot be avoided in certain circles and frankly, it is a miracle that I didn’t read it sooner.

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Reading List: Carnivals and the Circus

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Concept art for the movie “Coraline.”

A place outside of reality, a magical illusion, a sanctuary for freaks and misfits spat out by polite society… Who knows what you may find inside that tent.

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