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The Personal Canons series launches today! We're starting off with a look at Patricia C. Wrede's "Dealing With Dragons," which gave my little queer heart permission to beat freely: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-dealing-with-dragons
For the second installment in the Personal Canons series, let's visit Clive Barker's "The Thief of Always," featuring the greatest opening paragraph ever written: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-the-thief-of-always
Today I'm thrilled to feature @katsudonburi on my series on Personal Canons! Come read their brilliant piece on The Books That Hate Us:
https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-the-books-that-hate
https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-the-books-that-hate
Today in the Personal Canons series, the brilliant @adribbleofink writes about the impermanence and individuality of canon: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-there-is-no-universal
Today in Personal Canons, we're looking at the kindness of the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-abhorsen
Friends!! I am so thrilled today to feature Innocent Chizaram Ilo, discussing the work of Lesley Nneka Arimah and how she influenced their Personal Canon: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-lesley-nneka-arimah
Today in Personal Canons, I'm so excited to feature @notascotsman writing about Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy! https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-the-bartimaeus-trilogy
Today in the Personal Canons series I'm reflecting on Gloria Naylor's 1988 novel Mama Day, a central part of my personal canon and a book that frankly doesn't need me or my opinions: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-mama-day
I am so pleased to feature the brilliant @AlasdairStuart today on the blog, talking about the complicated place Warren Ellis holds in his Personal Canon: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-warren-ellis
Today it is my pleasure to feature @AnaMCurtis writing about The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley, and how it helped her name herself as a bridge: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-the-blue-sword
Today in Personal Canons - I've put off the task of diving into my relationship to Those Wizard Books for long enough:
https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-those-wizard-books
https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-those-wizard-books
I am so thrilled to feature @so_erinaceous in the Personal Canons series, talking about their history with Diane Duane's "Young Wizards": https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-young-wizards
Today in Personal Canons, @Mexicanity writes beautifully about Momo by Michael Ende - a book that takes on capitalism and toxic productivity, which found Héctor at just the right time: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-momo
Today's Personal Canons feature is a lovely reflection by @amytenbrink, on falling in love with speculative literature through the work of @Nnedi Okorafor: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-nnedi-okorafor
It is such a joy to feature the brilliant @filiphdz in today's installment of Personal Canons. Read what he's got to say about the hope he learned from James Gurney’s Dinotopia: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-dinotopia
Today I'm writing about Louis Sachar's WAYSIDE SCHOOL books, the golden age of slime, and the gift of fear: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-wayside-school
It is my absolute pleasure to share this piece by the brilliant @tyschalter, in which he examines how very much he learned from Ender's Game and the rotten legacy of OSC: https://sarahgailey.substack.com/p/personal-canons-enders-game
