, , ,

Evangeline Lilly, THE SQUICKERWONKERS, ACT 2: THE DEMISE OF LORNA THE LAZY

, , ,
Evangeline Lilly, THE SQUICKERWONKERS, ACT 2: THE DEMISE OF LORNA THE LAZY

Actress Evangeline Lilly returns to talk about her latest addition to the Squickerwonkers series, The Demise of Lorna the Lazy. Evangeline tells Zibby about how although she has created a series that is a dark twist on Dr. Seuss' books, she herself is not a fan of dark stories. The two also discuss their respective work ethics, why Evangeline has such difficulty writing a memoir despite having 35 years of journals, and what she believes is the most important impact storytelling can have on young children.

, ,

Evangeline Lilly, THE SQUICKERWONKERS

, ,
Evangeline Lilly, THE SQUICKERWONKERS

Evangeline Lilly: I was fourteen years old when I came up with The Squickerwonkers original poem. I spent my time reading and journaling and writing. I was really into Dr. Seuss. I thought it was cool that he had this irreverent use of language. He would just makeup whatever word he wanted to. was like, I want to make up my own words. I started writing a list of imaginary words. Most of them were ridiculous and not very good. One of them on the list felt good on my tongue and really stuck. It was the word squickerwonker. At the time, I was like, what's a squickerwonker? What is that? What would that mean? What would that translate to?

Cart (0)