folk tale
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Gathered in the spirit of Octavia Butler’s expansive body of work, the collection touches on Black culture, folk tales and fantasies, with stories pulling in lived experiences alongside speculative imaginings.
From New York Times
There are stories there that Mark might have drawn on, and others from beyond its borders: in Anansi stories and Ghanaian folk tales, for example.
From Washington Post
These are the Ashanti Ghanian folk tales that allow the girls to name fear, and to name salvation.
From New York Times
Sky-scraping summits: A writer, guided by an epic folk tale, tours the Himalayas.
From New York Times
In a high hamlet, a two-hour trek up a verdant slope beneath ice-clad Himalayan peaks, an argument erupted over a folk tale.
From New York Times
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