Hello and welcome to Storytime for Grownups. I'm Faith Moore, and this is summer session.

Normally on Story Time for Grownups, we read classic literature, a few chapters at a time with a few

notes along the way, like an audiobook with built-in notes. But during the summer, we switch

things up a little. From now until September,

we will be in summer session, which is sort of like a college class, only fun. This summer,

we're exploring fairy tales and their relationship to the books we've read this year on

storytime and storytelling more broadly. We'll do this in once-a-week episodes, which will drop

on Mondays. If this doesn't sound like your thing, don't worry. Storytime will be back with a new

book in September. But for now, brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair, and settle in. Class

is in session. Hi everyone, welcome back. I'm so happy to be back with you again. I was away last week. I hope you enjoyed the

interview that we did last week. Thank you for keeping writing to me, and I've been getting all

kinds of emails, both about the interview, but also about the episode before the interview,

The Deep Dark Woods. And we're going to be talking about that some more today. And then we're going to be

diving in to some more fairy tale tropes and ideas. And we're going to be talking about that some more today and then we're going to be diving in to some more fairy tale tropes and ideas and we're going to read some more today. So

there's a lot going on today and I'm excited to share it all with you and to be back with you. So

thank you for being here. Thank you for being a part of this show. I'm always so glad to be

with you and so happy to get your emails and things. So thank you for being a part of this show. I'm always so glad to be with you and so happy to get your emails and things.

So thank you for being a part of this for the summer. It's delightful. So the usual reminders,

before we get started, don't forget to subscribe in August. So coming up, not too long from now,

you're going to get the trailer for September's book. It's going to drop into your podcast feed if you

are subscribed. And if you are not subscribed, then you will miss it and be very, very sad, I'm sure. So

please make sure you're subscribed. If you've been enjoying the show and you haven't already,

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