Nalo Hopkinson’s new YA novel THE CHAOS is one bad-ass surealistic, feminist, progressive, queer friendly, POC celebrating, anti-ableist mind- trip. Featuring gorgeously ambiguous grrls of color, the novel takes us on a ride that Andre Breton and Frida Kahlo would feel right at home in. Or should I say on? Nice town Toronto Canada becomes … Continue reading Ready! Set! UNREAL! Nalo Hopkinson’s THE CHAOS
Day #6 — NaPoWriMo: Write about an animal/ Magically Real salutes Waldi Marcel
Sometimes the real, in itself, is magical. We salute M. Waldi Marcel, gentil homme dachsund in the following little poem. Waldi Marcel Daschunds are hunters of the Small. They like to root around And crawl and climb and swim And bark. They think they are Great Danes. But Waldi Marcel is a chocolate Longhaired aristocrat. … Continue reading Day #6 — NaPoWriMo: Write about an animal/ Magically Real salutes Waldi Marcel
Why we need erotica — and NaPoWriMo Day #2: Write a poem based on the #1 hit single on the date of your birth
Happy Monday Magically Real enthusiasts -- Yesterday saw a couple of magical experiences. One being the Female Surrealists exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The other being a foray into e-book best seller 50 Shades of Grey. There's a connection. Artists like the now famous Frida Kahlo and the lesser known Dorothea … Continue reading Why we need erotica — and NaPoWriMo Day #2: Write a poem based on the #1 hit single on the date of your birth
Day #1 of NaPoWriMo @ Magically Real — Silly Sunday
Dear Friends and Fans of the Unreal: April is NOT the cruelest month, it's the most poetic month! Welcome to NaPoWriMo -- and the month of April madness that writing a poem a day will surely engender. Find out about the April Poetry movement here. Try it out and if you wish, post your poem … Continue reading Day #1 of NaPoWriMo @ Magically Real — Silly Sunday
How Hungry For Change Are You? Tell YOUR (activist) story about the HUNGER GAMES @Story Time Sunday 03/25 12
Greetings Friends and Fans of the Unreal! Magically Real HQ (consisting primarily of me, myself, and I) has been observing the HUNGER GAMES movie phenom with increasing interest. As of today, the movie has shattered box office receipts, and while that’s interesting, what is equally interesting and certainly more inspiring is the anti-hunger project launched … Continue reading How Hungry For Change Are You? Tell YOUR (activist) story about the HUNGER GAMES @Story Time Sunday 03/25 12
Annie Proulx’s queer wyomingans and the non-realistic
Hello Friends! It’s easy to link author Annie Proulx with quintessential American Realism. She’s writing about Wyoming for Pete’s sake, and regular, if not downright poor people. You can’t get much realistic-er than that. Or can you? Proulx’s writing is dense, elegiac, funny, perverse, and strange. I've discussed the notion of the queer in my … Continue reading Annie Proulx’s queer wyomingans and the non-realistic
Storytime Sunday, 03/04/12 —
A little story about a gorilla. Appropriate for children of all ages. One slightly bad word towards the end. The adventures of Johannes Once upon a time there was a Mexican gorilla. He was kind and fierce and loyal to his adopted mother who had found him in a steamer trunk that had washed up … Continue reading Storytime Sunday, 03/04/12 —
Got dystopia? The history of our hunger for the nightmare society
Dear Magically Real: I have some questions for you. What’s a dystopia and where does the first one show up? What do you think of the Hunger Games? Are you excited about the movie? I love the way those people look in the trailer they are showing! They remind me a little of the Marie … Continue reading Got dystopia? The history of our hunger for the nightmare society
Storytime Sunday @ Magically Real 02/19/12
Maccabee and Maccabee Maccabee and Maccabee are a father and daughter team that make and wear magical masks. Monsters and mermaids. The sun. The moon. Animals and objects that have never been. Philosophical concepts like phenomena and noumena. The categorical imperative and the will to power. Maccabee masks give faces to the impossible. It started … Continue reading Storytime Sunday @ Magically Real 02/19/12
Storytime Sunday @ Magically Real, 02/12/12
Somehow the death of Whitney Houston makes me want to share this story, that I wrote originally for my mother in law, Charlotte Behrendt. The story appeared in Square Lake, and is one of my favorites. Enjoy. Small Stars A woman who lived in a beautiful suburb became very sick. Your lungs, said the doctors … Continue reading Storytime Sunday @ Magically Real, 02/12/12
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 