http://www.interstitialarts.org/wordpress/?p=1167 The Interstitial Arts Foundation Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:34:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.interstitialarts.org/wordpress/?p=1167&cpage=1#comment-45788 K. Kohler Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:52:46 +0000 http://www.interstitialarts.org/wordpress/?p=1167#comment-45788 Thank you for this wonderful, insightful, and intelligent essay. I enjoyed your discussion of "the marginalization of the fantastic" especially in relation to non-western texts, and the problematic term of "magical-realism," or at least in some of its uses. We do indeed need a "language that is not afraid of magic" - well said! I am interested in your connection between our human need to categorize and the othering effect this has on texts that are not fully integrated into present terminology, that is, in the categorizations of our current language. And also, a thank you for introducing me to a new author, Ibrahim al-Koni! Thank you for this wonderful, insightful, and intelligent essay. I enjoyed your discussion of “the marginalization of the fantastic” especially in relation to non-western texts, and the problematic term of “magical-realism,” or at least in some of its uses. We do indeed need a “language that is not afraid of magic” – well said! I am interested in your connection between our human need to categorize and the othering effect this has on texts that are not fully integrated into present terminology, that is, in the categorizations of our current language. And also, a thank you for introducing me to a new author, Ibrahim al-Koni!

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