Becoming Baba Yaga
Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods
$28.75
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2024
Summary
Explore the folklore of the trickster, villain, and rescuer known as Baba Yaga in a new light.
When darkness, fear, and instability inundate our daily lives, folktale figures like Baba Yaga speak to the dichotomy of our existence—the hope and the horror, the magic and the mundane. At once an old hag and an enchantress, a demon and wish granter, a feminist and nothing more than a fairytale, Baba Yaga is an endlessly complex folktale character.
Becoming Baba Yaga provid…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781642970517 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1642970514 |
| Author: | Kris Spisak, GennaRose Nethercott |
| Publisher: | Red Wheel/Weiser |
| Imprint: | Hampton Roads Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 203mm x 153mm |
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Critics Review
“With Becoming Baba Yaga, Kris Spisak presents a robust work of scholarship. Baba Yaga is a wily shapeshifter, nearly impossible to pin down—but Spisak miraculously transforms alongside her, ever keeping up.”
—from the foreword by GennaRose Nethercott, bestselling author of Thistlefoot
“Becoming Baba Yaga is the balm for every spiritual seeker and folklore fanatic. For so long, the mysterious woods Witch has been just that … such a mystery! Spisak has gifted the world with a beautiful look at a goddess and character with a complicated and textured legacy, bringing both history and story to life with a loving, inviting touch. I will be referring to this book for my own studies as well as suggesting it to anyone interested in Slavic lore or the Baba Yaga.”
—Courtney Weber, author of Hekate: Goddess of Witches
“Spisak takes us on a compelling dive into the mysteries of the famous trickster, Baba Yaga, and in doing so, reminds us of our own holy capacity for monstrous, wily joy. Read, contemplate, and revel—because as the great eternal witch reminds us, we are all, right now, as dead, as dancing, and as rotten as we will ever be.”
—Carolyn Elliott, PhD, bestselling author of Existential Kink
“Becoming Baba Yaga is a freeing folkloric inquiry that celebrates an archetypal defiant woman.”
—Foreword Reviews
“This book is a delicious read.”
—Gemma Tarlach, senior editor, Atlas Obscura
About The Author
Kris Spisak
Kris Spisak earned her bachelor’s degree in English from the College of William and Mary, her master of liberal arts from the University of Richmond, and did further graduate work in fiction through the University of Iowa. She taught college writing courses at schools including Virginia Commonwealth University before stepping away from the classroom to pursue her own writing work. Kris has been spotlighted in Writer’s Digest and HuffPost for her work as an editor and author dedicated to helping other writers. She is the author of The Baba Yaga Mask (a novel) and Get a Grip on Your Grammar. Kris fully believes that well-written words and well-told stories have always changed the world and that they will continue to. She can’t wait to tell you her next story.
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