Building Yesterday’s Future–For Everyone
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen is the first book by Alan Garner. While it is not his greatest work, it is still solidly written. Its publication history is also interesting, speaking to the post-Tolkien publishing world.
If you lived in the Northwest in the 80s, you can probably still sing Sea Galley’s catchy “We’ve Got Crab Legs!” jingle.
At this point, we’ve been building up our muscles in finding ways to approach poems that intrigue and challenge us. Today, let’s consider yet another one of those reading tools: considering pop culture as an element of the speculative.