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Mother Goose as Antidote to the Diabolical Imagination
US foreign policy, on writing well, and links to my favorite Mother Goose editions.
 • Emily Finley
The Imagination of Maurice Sendak
What sort of culture enjoys books about terrified, anxious, naked children?
 • Emily Finley
Trauma-First Literature
"The Ethics of Beauty," talk-therapy literature, and what the romantic imagination thrills to
 • Emily Finley
Amending John Senior’s 1000 Good Books list
Relax, I only tackle The Nursery Years. My recommended reading for ages 2-10 with links. And building a Christian imagination to withstand the onslaught…
 • Emily Finley
Will Literature Save Us?
Are we fetishizing “classic” children’s books?
 • Emily Finley
The Devil in Peter Pan
What's really going on in this story? Part II
 • Emily Finley
Peter Pan, Neverland's Underbelly, and Rethinking Childhood "Classics"
Maybe some books are best saved for adulthood.
 • Emily Finley
The Complicated History of Childhood Reading: Part I
On Sam Leith’s The Haunted Wood; and rethinking the Western canon of children’s literature
 • Emily Finley
Stop Praising Your Child
And start singing folk songs instead.
 • Emily Finley
Review of Paul Kingsnorth's Against the Machine (published at Crisis Magazine)
What is good in the book is not very original, and what is original is not very good.
 • Emily Finley
Is the Modern “Homesteading” Movement Romantic? Part II
And the unexpected reversal of ugliness in my hometown in New Mexico.
 • Emily Finley
Is the Modern “Homesteading” Movement a Romantic Dream?
One reader's thoughtful comment got me thinking about this question.
 • Emily Finley
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