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Literary Witches: A Celebration of Magical Women Writers Spiral-Bound | October 10, 2017

Taisia Kitaiskaia, Katy Horan (Illustrated by)

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An NPR Best Book of 2017

Celebrate the witchiest women writers with an inventive guidebook that pairs imaginative vignettes with whimsical, folkloric illustrations.

Literary Witches reimagines visionary writers as witches: both are figures of formidable creativity, empowerment, and general badassery. Through a series of thirty lyrical 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 more.

Perfect for both book lovers and coven members, Literary Witches is a treasure trove of creative and courageous women who aren’t afraid to be alone in the woods of their imagination. Kitaiskaia and Horan conjure evocative, highly stylized depictions of history’s most beloved female authors, introduce enchanting new writers, and invite you to rediscover the magic of literature.
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Original Binding: Hardcover Paper over boards
Pages: 128 pages
ISBN-10: 1580056733
Item Weight: 0.9 lbs
Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches
Customer Reviews: 3 out of 5 stars 1,001 to 10,000 ratings
"What a pleasure to read this ode to women writers whose works enchant, mystify, consume, and ensnare. Refreshingly global, covering authors across time, ethnicity, class, sensibility, religion, and aesthetic, Literary Witches successfully weaves together the personal, the political, and the heretical. Sometimes quiet and contemplative, other times whimsical and humorous, and always with an undercurrent of frantic, gnashing violence, this book is a dazzling tribute to the women who've conjured our cultural world."?Rivers Solomon, Afrofuturist and author of An Unkindness of Ghosts
Taisia Kitaiskaia is the author of The Nightgown & Other Poems, Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles, and Poetic Remedies for Troubled Times from Ask Baba Yaga. She holds an MFA from the James A. Michener Center for Writers and has published poetry in journals such as Crazyhorse, Guernica, Gulf Coast, Pleiades, and the Fairy Tale Review. She lives in Austin, Texas.

Katy Horan is an illustrator and fine artist who channels the Witch archetype through her drawings and paintings of Appalachian granny witches, full moon ceremonies, and strange folk magic. Her work has been exhibited throughout North America and featured in anthologies such as Beasts! (Fantagraphics), The Exquisite Book (Chronicle), and Dark Inspiration (Victionary). She lives in Austin, Texas.