Literary Witches

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Celebrate the witchiest women writers with beautiful illustrations and imaginative vignettes Literary Witches draws a connection between witches and visionary writers both are figures of formidable creativity, empowerment, and general badassery Through poetic portraits, Taisia Kitaiskaia and Katy Horan honor the witchy qualities of well known and obscure authors alike, including Virginia Woolf, Mira Bai, Toni Morrison, Emily Dickinson, Octavia E Butler, Sandra Cisneros, and many.Perfect for both book lovers and coven members, Literary Witches is a treasure and a source of inspiration Kitaiskaia and Horan bring fresh insights on your most beloved authors, suggest enchanting new writers, and invite you to rediscover the magic of literature. Best Read Literary Witches author Taisia Kitaiskaia For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Looking for the perfect Halloween gift for the nasty woman in your haunted house Try Literary Witches It s an enchanted anthology of 30 great female writers from Anais Nin to Zora Neale Hurston Each one is captured in a folkloric illustration by Katy Horan and then, on the facing page, illuminated with a bewitching description by Taisia Kitaiskaia.These mini biographies the hexen text arewitchopedia than wikipedia Kitaiskaia boils each writer down to three invocations, weavin Looking for the perfect Halloween gift for the nasty woman in your haunted house Try Literary Witches It s an enchanted anthology of 30 great female writers from Anais Nin to Zora Neale Hurston Each one is captured in a folkloric illustration by Katy Horan and then, on the facing page, illuminated with a bewitching description by Taisia Kitaiskaia.These mini biograp...The Witch, however, is a woman who stands entirely on her own She isoften than not an outsider, and her gift is transformation She is a change agent, and her work is sparked by speech an incantation, a naming, a blessing, a curse Literary Witches is a collection of female writers filled with gorgeously dark illustrations and a very creative way of listing all these formidable women and authors that have been empowering us throughout history Each author has one illustration and one paThe Witch, however, is a woman who stands entirely on her own She isoften than not an outsider, and her gift is transformation She is a change agent, and her work is sparked by speech an incantation, a naming, a blessing, a curse Literary Witches is a collection of female writers filled with gorgeously dark illustrations and a very creative way...Worth it for the art and reading recommendations though I wasn t enad of the short, paragraph length mythic vingettes Felt a touch onanistic to me.a little indulgent but rather beautifulThis is a unique little volume of female writers, and the provided reading lists for each author is a pretty good start to these ladies Most of them were familiar, but there were a few women I wasn t aware of, but will certainly go into the queue now The biographical information is a little plain, and the witchy descriptions may fall flat for people unaware of the goal of this book the women in this series aren t actually witches nor are these women necessari...This book is so unbelievably beautiful and just perfect to me at least The writing was poetic and gorgeous The illustrations were so well done The writers chosen were diverse and so interesting to read about There were quite a few I hadn t heard of Definitely going on the favourites list.This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I really enjoyed the art and the hexen text was interesting, but I would have preferredbiographical information on the authors Unfortunately the book concludes with a mention of animal cruelty as part of a religious ritual page 127 To me that felt like a poor way to end the book and really left me with a negative f...A cute and pointless little book I like the art.Oh my WHAT A GIFT.Literary Witches A Celebration of Magical Women Writers is beautiful, sensuous, and fun It draws from the deep historical association between strong dangerous womanhood and witchcraft to portray a wide, diverse array of women authors as witches Each author has a small bio accompanied by recommended reading, a mythic, folkloric strange vignette based on the author and her writing about her activities as a witch by Taisia Kitaiskaia, and a haunting portrait by Katy Horan Some of the vignette Literary Witches A Celebration of Magical Women Writers is beautiful, sensuous, and fun It draws from the deep historical association between strong dangerous womanhood and witchcraft to portray a wide, diverse array of women authors as witches Each author has a small bio accompanied by recommended reading, a mythic, folkloric strange vignette based on the author and her writing about her activities as a witch by Taisia Kitaiskaia, and a haunting portrait by Katy Horan Some of the vignettes feltconnected to the authors than others, and some of the biographies had small errors in their attempt to be short and mysterious, which I found annoying I adored thepoetic ones, like Ana s Nin and Mary Shelley and their connections to their lives, the ones that really linked the auth...

Literary Witches
  • English
  • 19 November 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 128 pages
  • 1580056733
  • Taisia Kitaiskaia
  • Literary Witches