“Fantasy is the lie that tells truth,” is how scholar and editor Brian Attebery begins his 2022 Oxford University Press book of essays, Fantasy: How It Works. This is in many ways a fait accompli as much as it is a call to arms — writers aim for truth in a variety of ways, all of which culminate in statements memorably delivered direct to the heart, we hope. And Attebery’s delivery has great aim — as Fran is finding out this month, stealing time away to read essay after essay in the collection.
I'm so glad that I've been able to subscribe and I'm no longer going to be disappointed by 'Preview' in my emails!
And I shall go and look up that collection of essays by Attebery!
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I am starting a movement to ask Substack to put in a poetry section on the website - https://substack.com/profile/10309929-david/note/c-15537618
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