A Practical Guide To Reading Well

by Mark Bauerlein

Robert DiYanni joins the podcast to discuss his new book, You Are What You Read: A Practical Guide To Reading Well. Continue Reading »

26 Aug 2021

The Plot Thickens

by John Wilson

What I offer below is an entirely unsystematic list of three essays and one long book touching on “plot” in ways that have been energizing to me. Continue Reading »

30 Jul 2021

Detective’s Best Friend

by John Wilson

Rereading books can shed a new light on old thoughts, remind us of signature lines. Continue Reading »

16 Jul 2021

Learning, Reading, Understanding

by Mark Bauerlein

David George Moore joins the podcast to discuss his recent book Stuck in the Present: How History Frees and Forms Christians.  Continue Reading »

12 Jul 2021

The 2021 Summer Reading List

by George Weigel

What should we read this summer? George Weigel weighs in. Continue Reading »

7 Jul 2021

Lectio Divina and Online Learning

by Margarita A. Mooney

Lectio divina, whether in seminar rooms or online classrooms, can be part of a creative solution to the challenges of education today. Continue Reading »

27 Oct 2020

What We’ve Been Reading—September 2020

by Editors

Thoughts on E. D. Hirsch, Michael Pollan, and Elena Ferrante from the editors.  Continue Reading »

25 Sep 2020

Transforming Quarantine Into Retreat

by George Weigel

Here are some resources that can help redeem the rest of Lent and the upcoming Easter season.  Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2020

Talking All Night

by Alfred Nicol

I asked my friend, the poet,how she was getting by.“Work and tears,”came her reply. “And listening,” she added,“in silence, to be sure.I listen closernow than before. It is a lot like reading,a thing I loved to do . . .What book felt likefirst love to you?” “It was in French,” I . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2020

Reading the Bard in 2020

by Matthew J. Franck

The Shakespeare-in-a-year reading plan, updated for 2020! Continue Reading »

30 Dec 2019