Reflection on Arthur Frank’s“Tricksters and Truthtellers"

Arthur Frank’s article “Tricksters and Truthtellers” was an interesting article. I found it interesting that he didn’t find any books he was looking for, and ended up to writing the kind of stories he was searching. I found his description of Audre Lorde’s excerpt great, because he goes into detail about how her story was empowering, and may motivate anyone going through a mastectomy. I also really enjoyed the way he ended the article by saying “tricksters”, care more about the well-being of others than their own, referring to Mrs. Lorde. He described what a trickster is and gives familiar examples to help us understand the concept of a tricky character (such as Br’er rabbit). I sorta wish the author would have reflected on his own illness some, but im sure he does somewhere in the actual book. Speaking of tricky...