The Uses of Enchantment

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The Uses of Enchantment
11.20.2011
 (was 12.19.2010)

Just because we've all grown up and aren't supposed to believe in fairy tales and magic doesn't mean we don't still need them.  This hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge offers conversations with Neil Gaiman, A.S. Byatt and Salman Rushdie about the uses of enchantment.

 

  1. Signe Pike on "Faery Tale"

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    Signe Pike chucked her job at a NY publishing house to looking for fairies in Mexico and the British Isles.

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  2. Neil Gaiman on "American Gods"

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    Neil Gaiman is among the most celebrated writers of the fantastic. He's a transplant to the Midwest who discovered the House on the Rock in Spring Green, WI...

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  3. Salman Rushdie on "Luka and the Fire of Life"

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    Salman Rushdie's life has been a fantasy, but not necessarily in the way he would have wanted.

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  4. A.S. Byatt on the Power of Fairy Tales

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    Fairy tales are part of all our lives, whether it's Snow White or Cinderella of Little Red Riding Hood.

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