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We will start off reading Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes (available in hardcover, eBook and audio).

Veronica Schanoes, an associate professor of English at Queens College with an expertise in folklore and fairy tales, crosses borders and genres with stories of fierce women at the margins of society burning their way toward the center. History and fairy tales are re-imagined, re-purposed, and re-mixed, drawing deeply from history (particularly leftist, labor, women's, and Jewish history), folklore, fairy tales, and pop culture.

Be sure to read the Foreword (p.9-13) by prolific and award winning author Jane Yolen, and revisit the original fairy tales that inspired each of Schanoes’s stories (see links below).

Note that Rachel has arranged for us to zoom with the author at our December 9th session (which will begin 15 minutes earlier!)

October 14: “Among the Thorns”p.17-61. See also: The Jew in the Thorns. “Rats” p.185-201. See also: Sleeping Beauty.

November 11: “Phosphorous” p.81-110 See also: Little Match Girl, “Burning Girls,” p.277-333 See also: Rumpelstiltskin.

December 9: *NOTE: We will “zoom” with author Veronica Schanoes from 11:45am-12:15pm and then continue our discussion* “Emma Goldman Takes Tea with Baba Yaga,” p.155-183. See also: Baba Yaga. “Lily Glass” p.237-253. See also: Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs and Snow White & Rose Red.