Want to read: Haunted Greece by John L. Tomkinson πŸ“š

Want to read: Troublesome Things by Diane Purkiss πŸ“š

Want to read: Fairy Tales, Now First Collected by Joseph Ritson πŸ“š

Want to read: Fairies and Witches at the Boundary of South-eastern and Central Europe by Eva Pocs πŸ“š

Want to read: The Banshee by Patricia Lysaght πŸ“š

Want to read: Elf Queens and Holy Friars by Richard Firth Green πŸ“š

Want to read: Handbook of Fairies by Ronan Coghlan πŸ“š

Want to read: The Fairies in Tradition and Literature by Katharine Mary Briggs πŸ“š

Want to read: Dictionary of Fairies by Katherine Briggs πŸ“š

Want to read: Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature by Nicola Bown πŸ“š

Want to read: Fairy Lore by D. L. Ashliman πŸ“š

Want to read: Tolkien on Fairy-stories by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien πŸ“š

Want to read: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies by Anna Franklin πŸ“š

Want to read: The Good People by Peter NarvΒ‡ez πŸ“š

Want to read: Northumberland Folk Tales by Rosalind Kerven πŸ“š

Want to read: Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters, and Animal Power Symbols by Cassandra Eason πŸ“š

Want to read: The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans-Wentz πŸ“š

Want to read: Strange and Secret Peoples by Carole G. Silver πŸ“š

Want to read: The Classic Fairy Tales (Norton Critical Editions) by πŸ“š

Want to read: The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler πŸ“š

Finished reading: A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow πŸ“š

This one took me a little while to get into but once I was in, I was all in. Super fun while also dealing with all the ways our stories can be garbage. Highly recommend.

πŸ”–πŸ“š Read Ladies of Leisure.

This one bummed me out. I think it sells Dept. of Speculation short.

πŸ”–πŸ“šπŸ“Read Is Parenthood the Enemy of Creative Work? by Kim Brooks (The Cut)

That’s one of the major things parenting is teaching me, the balance between letting go in writing and practicing craft, the balance between being ferocious with my imagination and rigorous in my practice. Shape and chaos. Learning to shape chaos.

πŸ”–πŸ“š Read The books that help define motherhood – for mums everywhere to read

Is it ever possible to reclaim yourself without endangering your child?

I don’t know. Because for me it’s been more about reconstructing myself rather than reclaiming myself.

πŸ”–πŸ“š Read Art or Babies.

you can make your art without being an art monster: You can do it as… an art mother.