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From 2019 to 2023, the Folklore & Fiction dispatches and podcasts brought the principles of folkloristics to storytellers of all kinds. They were recommended by the American Folklore Society as a trusted source of folkloristic scholarship, they were the topic of peer-reviewed ethnographic research, and they were adopted as an aid to creative writing in several college and university classrooms. They were also an opportunity for me to sing several ballads in the English and Scottish tradition. I included rough mixes in the podcast editions where I discussed the ballads in question, but I also promised that I would someday gather them into an EP. Here they are along with my deepest gratitude for every reader and listener who supported my work.
Prologue
This is the first in an irregular series of "Special Dispatch" essays for Folklore & Fiction subscribers. There likely won't be more than one of these a month and possibly fewer than that, since my goal isn't to be a "content provider" but to share ideas with people who might be interested in them. You need to have an account on the Folklore & Fiction website and be subscribed to the newsletter to read these essays, but only because I value my work and don't care to have it scraped by LLMs. At most, you'll get 2-3 emails a month from me; the regular monthly newsletter, an essay, and the occasional announcement, so I'm aiming to keep you informed without flooding your inbox. Onward!
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