Feminist narrative theory notes that for most of literary history there's been an imbalance between men's and women's stories. Male characters go out into a world of infinite possibilities. Female characters either get married or die. This makes enlightened female readers such as ourselves pissed off. But however much we deconstruct the narrative, however vigilantly we plow and apply the theory and read with our skeptical, over-educated eyes, still some lessons are hard to fully internalize, and the dream of happily-ever-after love, in real life and in literature, dies hardest of all. Laurie Frankel
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  1. Part of dedicating your life to studying literature is realizing that storytelling is more than just make-believe and that make-believe is far more important that we all pretend -- make believe -- it is. One way or another books tell the stories of their readers....
  2. It happens to everyone, " she assured Princess Stephanie."It does?" Stephanie doubted it." Sure. Everyone's someone else sometimes. Everyone transforms. Maybe not in quite the same way as you, but that's sort of the point. The curse - if you will - it happens to...
  3. Feminist narrative theory notes that for most of literary history there's been an imbalance between men's and women's stories. Male characters go out into a world of infinite possibilities. Female characters either get married or die. This makes enlightened female readers such as ourselves pissed...
  4. Poems are surmountable. They have rhymes and rhythms to help you make meaning. They're short enough. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>to read and reread until you've made some sense of them. Short stories are a different ballgame. You read them and understand the words completely. <span style="margin:15px;...
  5. Who people think they are and what people think they want is not really who they are or what they want.
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