Loving Literature with author, Karen Swallow Prior

Nov 3, 2023

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About the Guest
Karen Swallow Prior, Ph. D., is a reader, writer, and professor. She is the author of The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis (Brazos, 2023); On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books (Brazos 2018); Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist (Thomas Nelson, 2014); and Booked: Literature in the Soul of Me (T. S. Poetry Press, 2012). She is co-editor of Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues (Zondervan 2019) and has contributed to numerous other books. She has a monthly column for Religion News Service. Her writing has appeared at Christianity Today, New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, First Things, Vox, Think Christian, The Gospel Coalition, and various other places. She hosted the podcast Jane and Jesus. She is a Contributing Editor for Comment, a founding member of The Pelican Project, a Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum, and a Senior Fellow at the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture. She and her husband live on a 100-year-old homestead in central Virginia with dogs, chickens, and lots of books.

Show Notes
Adrienne Freas and Karen Swallow Prior enjoy discussing the idea of culture creation through great literature. Why not think of reading for enjoyment instead of just reading for an assignment? Enjoy more balance while gaining an enriching approach to literature.

Some Questions Include:

How is the book, On Reading Well helpful for parents and teachers?
What do you believe is helpful in your books and what do you hope teachers and parents will take away ?
What is your view concerning critical theory in contrast with the idea of reading well?
What are the implications for how we teach students?

Resources and books mentioned:

Artist Makoto Fujimura

On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books

The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

Moby Dick

The Bible

To Kill A Mockingbird

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Jane Eyre

Gerard Manly Hopkins poetry

East of Eden

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Sound Engineer: Andrew Helsel

Logo Art: Anastasiya CF

Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in B flat major, RV529 : Lana Trotovsek, violin Sreten Krstic, violin with Chamber Orchestra of Slovenian Philharmonic