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National Book Award-winning poet and author of the internationally best-selling Iron John, Robert Bly revisits a selection of fairy tales and examines how these enduring narratives capture the essence of human nature.

Few forms of storytelling have greater power to captivate the human mind than fairy tales, but where do…

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The death of Robert Bly inspired me to return to his work, particularly this collection of stories and commentary. These fairy tales speak through the ages as strongly today as when they were told around the fire by our ancestors. The images are so strong, reading is almost like dreaming. Bly's notes on the images and some suggested takeaways are interesting, but I wonder if they are limiting. It is much better to think about how they speak to you today.

I decided to read in the order in which the titles of the tales spoke to me, so I…

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