Welcome to Witchcraft 101! In today's episode, we will be discussing representations of witches and witchcraft in western literature and popular culture from the ancient Greece all the way to Harry Potter. We'll be using this discussion to set up our October book club pick, We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry!
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Media Mentioned
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Odyssey by Homer
Circe by Madeline Miller
Jason & the Argonauts
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Celtic Blood Series by Melanie Karsak
Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Loose Canon: The Wicked Witch of the West
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Archie Comics
Sabrina the Teenage Witch (90s version)
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
What We're Reading
Sophie – Ask A Mortician by Caitlin Doughty
Courtney – Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings
Dom – Hundreds of Americans Planted “Chinese Mystery Seeds” by Jason Koebler