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Fairytales are Not Fantasy
The matter of fairytales is the experience of living one’s life under the eye of heaven.
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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September 2024

The Irresistible Girl
She has been a staple of our literature from the beginning.
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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Stories and the Moral Weight of Action
Stories involve the decision to act in particular cases and that decision has a moral weight all its own which is the particular concern of fiction.
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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July 2024

The Chronicles of Narnia, Ranked
Because sometimes clicks must be baited
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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June 2024

Promethean vs. Lapsarian Fantasy
It is always about power, but can power be mastered?
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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May 2024

April 2024

Art is how minds hold hands
Why I'm Not Worried About Chat-GPT
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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March 2024

Flattening the World and Why Stories Matter
An open letter to Katy Carl
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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February 2024

Must Popular Fiction Stand Alone?
In our fractured culture, is it possible?
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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January 2024

On Seeing Spirits in Literature
A Response to Katy Carl
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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December 2023

Beauty and Knowingness in The Last Unicorn
It is a brilliant work, but does it meet this moment?
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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November 2023

On Seeing in Literature
Stories shape how we see the world and how we value it
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G. M. (Mark) Baker
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