July/August 1998
In This Issue July/August 1998
A Fanciful Nature
Realism and fantasy mingle in the worlds of Beatrix Potter, Kate Greenaway, and Arthur Rackham.
Volume 19, Issue 4
"Halloa! Who has been eating off my plate? Who has been drinking out of my cup!" From "The Seven Ravens" in The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1909. Watercolor by Arthur Rackham.
Free Library of Philadelphia
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Features
Awash in Books
How poetry, history, and intellectual pyrotechnics fill four days at the Virginia Festival of the Book.
By Bella StanderHow a Tradition Begins
Nashville becomes Literary City, U.S.A. for the tenth annual Southern Festival of Books.
By Meredith HindleyThreads of the Imagination
Ghanaian kente cloth has become a symbol of pride and identity around the world.
By Tom StabileMali's Boy-King
A thirteenth-century epic of prophesy, exile, and empire goes digital.
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Departments
Conversation
"I heard the voices. . . of my Louisiana people"
Writer Ernest Gaines talks about storytelling, race, and his Louisiana roots.




































































































