Janice Harayda
Jun 20, 2022

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This riff on spiders is hilarious, and I won't try to defend the indefensible English of "fantasy spiders." But U.S. and U.K. residents may have a *slightly* different context for the terror spiders can cause. You think: "Spider-man in a red cat suit clinging to the side of a building." I think: "Neighbor hospitalized and near death for two months after a bite by a brown-recluse spider" (one of the nastiest we have here in the Deep South).

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Janice Harayda
Janice Harayda

Written by Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.

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