Snow White Learns Witchcraft

Snow White Learns Witchcraft is Theodora Goss’ tribute to the raw power of fairy tales, recast with the open-mindedness and finesse of modern stories and poems. Each new story, no matter its form, comes across as a small, bright piece of a world almost, but not quite our own. In these worlds, the ice talks, girls hunt their own shadows or turn into wolves, lizards are travel writers, bears turn out to be excellent husbands, and princesses befriend wolves. While the old fairy tales preached humility and obedience, Goss shows us the value of creativity, feminism, and community. Not only is she an important storyteller, she’s also a damned good one. Readers who are lured by her witty and imaginative writing will discover a whole new meaning for the words “happily ever after.”