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The world according to fairytales and fables: A manifesto
To those who believe in fairytales and fables — I believe in them, too
Jan 22, 2025
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Fairytales Against the Machine
One of the best ways to be truly human and resist becoming machines ourselves is to read fairytales — and here’s a few to start with
Dec 3, 2025
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Susanna Schwartz
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“There’s No Place Like Home”
The mantra of the American fairytale, MGM’s “Wizard of Oz,” and why it matters to me as an Orthodox Christian
Nov 29, 2025
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Susanna Schwartz
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The Wizard of Oz has never been a good guy
The Wizard’s Emerald City has always been the Machine — and here, I am reminded, “Put not your trust in princes, in sons of men, in whom there is no…
Nov 18, 2025
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Susanna Schwartz
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Wagner’s “Siegfried” as Archetype of Evil in Anna Vander Wall’s “Death & Devices”
In Anna Vander Wall’s new novel “Death & Devices,” it’s very telling that a particular character is listening to “Siegfried”
Nov 5, 2025
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Susanna Schwartz
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Death & Devices: A spiritual successor to The Silver Chair, Frankenstein, and Harry Potter and the Half Blood-Prince
In praise of Anna Vander Wall’s brilliant debut novel, Death & Devices, launching today
Oct 28, 2025
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Susanna Schwartz
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The Gospel in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
I have a soft spot in my heart for the Disney versions of certain stories — Sleeping Beauty first among them
Oct 27, 2025
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The Sun King, the Moon Queen, and CS Lewis’ “The Planets”
The love story between King Endymion (Tuxedo Mask) and Neo-Queen Serenity (Sailor Moon) has medieval cosmological resonances
Sep 18, 2025
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