NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with GennaRose Nethercott about the power of folklore and her collection of strange and fantastic short stories, "Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart." According to ...

In her debut book Thistlefoot, author GennaRose Nethercott reimagines the centuries-old character Baba Yaga as a Jewish woman living in a shtetl in 1919 Russia, in a time of civil war and pogroms.

In her debut novel, Thistlefoot, author and folklorist GennaRose Nethercott reimagines Baba Yaga as a Jewish woman living in an Eastern European shtetl in 1919, during a time of civil war and pogroms.

According to GennaRose Nethercott, there are 50 beasts to break your heart - among them, maglits, easily taken in as pets... GENNAROSE NETHERCOTT: (Reading) They do a fine job with the dishes ...

Thistlefoot is the debut novel by folklorist GennaRose Nethercott. For centuries, the crone Baba Yaga has been a figure in Slavic folklore — the kind of character who might lend you a magical ...

Yu spoke with author GennaRose Nethercott about reimagining Baba Yaga as a Jewish woman living in an Eastern European shtetl during a time of civil war and pogroms. MALLORY YU, BYLINE: The story ...