World Wide Web of Folklore

Another roundup of interesting Folklore posts from around the intertubes:

• First time author's workshop announced for the next AFS meeting.
• A number of colleges are offering classes on The Simpsons. Woo Hoo!
• Did you know that the Trix Rabbit was originally modelled after Disney's interpretation of B'rer Rabbit? Thanks to the fine folks at The Wren's Nest, you do now!
• Collaborative article on Helium about What is Folklore?
• January 8th was the anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, which gave us the wonderful song by Johnny Horton. Walter Russell Mead has an article about the battle's importance to American Culture.
• Somebody posted the Kathy Neustadt article "The Folkloristics of Licking," not sure how legal this copy is and how long it will be up there. Never stumbled across this article before, but glad that I did.
• Iceland Review has an interview with folklorist Terry Gunnell.
• My advisor - the wonderful Natalie Kononenko - has an article in SEEJ about the history of Slavic Folklore studies in America. The article is from a few years ago, but for some reason my aggregator just picked it up today. A must-read.