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This week's question and answer (via poet and oracle Taisia Kitaiskaia* of The Hairpin):
So many relating writers on this one but I'll just highlight a couple...
- fear is a pushcart and i'm gonna ride it all night long Thank you for this. Seriously, I adore that song wholeheartedly and unironically. (stonefruit)
- So, I know we're traditionally supposed to have a vague fear of Baba Yaga and her chicken-legged hut, but I would like to drink cocktails with her. (I'm Right On Top Of That, Rose)
PS to "I'm Right on Top Of That, Rose": Agreed!
What do you think of Baba Yaga's advice?
Want to ask Baba Yaga a question of your own?
You can!
There's now an email address where you can send your questions
directly to Baba Yaga herself.
AskBabaYaga AT gmail DOT com
To encourage Baba Yaga to continue imparting her no-bones-about-it wisdom (ok, there may be some gristle in there... bones too), I suggest we not to leave her box empty...
Thank you Baba Yaga (& Taisia).
* Taisia Kitaiskaia is a poet, writer, and Michener Center for Writers fellow. Born in Russia and raised in America, she's had her poems and translations published in Narrative Magazine, Poetry International, and others.
As always Baba Yaga says it best!
ReplyDeleteLove/ fear dear Baba Yaga since my very first story about her. She presides over my studio from a place of honor above the bookcase. This post is so funny and sad and wise - so gloriously SHOW. I believe in Baba Yaga because she keeps on manifesting and cackling round our brains. i just read Toby Barlow's novel "Baba Yaga". He does her proud- it's funny, gritty, bawdy, dark and oozing with Russian soul, which I think of as an ineffable egregore comprised in part of loam, melancholy, gypsy violins, and lilacs. Thanks for posting this
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