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FROM THE INTRODUCTION TO
"THE RAVEN & THE WRITING DESK
"HOW IS A RAVEN LIKE A WRITING DESK? "
Lewis Carroll. ALICE IN WONDERLAND
A raven and a writing desk—what do they have in common?
Every story, poem, and essay in this year’s anthology was written on some kind of desk. A few specifically mention ravens. Most do not. All invite the reader to meditate upon life’s great themes—the nature of childhood, love, water, companion animals, racial and ethnic differences, ghost-haunted families, antagonistic ants, and every subject in between. Some will beguile you. Others will make you cry. A few may disgust you, or send you racing into the kitchen to check if that can of Raid is still under the sink...
...What do ravens and writing desks have in common? Lewis Carroll, whose character asks that question, answered it himself: “the riddle as originally invented, had no answer at all.” In other words—absolutely nothing
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