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Forest


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OPENING POEM:
"When Lost in the Forest" by David Wagoner
BOOKS AND STORIES:
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Beauty and the Beast
Rapunzel
Hansel and Gretel
Little White-Thorn and the Talking Bird
Robin Hood
Midsummer Night's Dream
Little Red Riding Hood (particularly stories by Angela Carter)
Marissa Meyer - The Lunar Chronicles
Re-enchanting the World by Silvia Federici
Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forest by Dee Dee Chainey and Willow Winsham
Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
MOVIES:
Moana
Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
The Evil Dead
The Hallow
The Blair Witch Project
Princess Mononoke
Into the Woods (also a stage play)
Going on a Bear Hunt (on Amazon, also a children's book by Michael Rosen)
My Neighbor Totoro
Wolfwalkers
In the Company of Wolves
TV SHOWS:
Doctor Who (Tooth and Claw, Season 2; The God Complex, Season 6)
ARTICLES:
"Into the Wild Wood: On the Significance of Trees and Forests in Fantasy Fiction" by Weronika Łaszkiewicz
PEOPLE:
Bridget Harrington: www.semiabled.com (@semiabled on IG)
A.T. Mann
BONUS MEDIA WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
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