A masterwork. A particularly American magic realism that touches the heart of race and childhood in our country; it's 100 Years of Solitude for an en…

- Ellen Kushner

Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion.

- Ellen Kushner

Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin together again for the first time.

- Ellen Kushner

In a city where most of the wealth is controlled by a small few, certain things are overlooked, particularly when it comes to the assertion of privil…

- Ellen Kushner

Let the fairy tale begin on a winter's morning, then, with one drop of blood newly-fallen on the ivory snow: a drop as bright as a clear-cut ruby, re…

- Ellen Kushner

Current cant equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and to write. It isn't. When it is do…

- Ellen Kushner

I'm the Duke of Riverside. I build things here and pretty much keep the peace, and discourage certain behaviors. If you think all that has been achie…

- Ellen Kushner

Across the troubled maelstrom of time, people always need a beer.

- Ellen Kushner

Honest change? Honest? Has someone altered the definition of the word while my back was turned, or have you recently developed a sense of humor?

- Ellen Kushner