The current mess overseas brought to mind the old story of Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby. If you remember this story, Brer Rabbit also got himself into a mess by trying to fight the Tar Baby, which was ...

“As a bona fide delta confabulator, I have long wanted to reclaim [the Brer Rabbit Stories],” writes poet Flowers in his introduction to this exquisitely produced collection of 20 of the oral ...

The unacknowledged debt Potter owed to the Brer Rabbit stories told by enslaved Africans deserves to be recognised, says scholar Think of Beatrix Potter and you will probably call to mind her tales of ...

Brer Rabbit has appeared on the front page a few times in recent weeks, so I guess that proves you can still make the news even when you’re as old as dirt. A 3-foot-tall statue of the famous Uncle ...

When I was young, every night at bedtime some patient soul would read to me. For many months, only two books were permitted: The Adventures of Robin Hood and Enid Blyton's Brer Rabbit Book. Both have ...

Getting soaked on Disney’s Splash Mountain did not bring me joy. But getting soaked year after year for the last 20 years brought our daughter joy and her joy brought us joy. Most of the joy was from ...