Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around.

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There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a...

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a...

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my...

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my...

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's...

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's...

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying...

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying...

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy...

One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy...

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of...

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of...

There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and...

There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and...

When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from...

When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from...

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material....

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material....

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.

I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist.

I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.

I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from...

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from...

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count...

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count...

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and...

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and...

A good novel editor is invisible.

A good novel editor is invisible.

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody...

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody...