{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Classical Education","title":"Loving Literature with author, Karen Swallow Prior","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2511,"description":"About the Guest\nKaren 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.\nShow Notes\nAdrienne 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. \n\nSome Questions Include:\nHow is the book, On Reading Well helpful for parents and teachers?\nWhat do you believe is helpful in your books and what do you hope teachers and parents will take away ? \nWhat is your view concerning critical theory in contrast with the idea of reading well? \nWhat are the implications for how we teach students?\nResources and books mentioned:\nArtist Makoto Fujimura\nOn Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books\nThe Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DsrYl-awCukXSFKDckygguVHzLRcY9iAoBPsvd9v3jg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4OTg0LzE2NDcw/MzA0MjQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}