Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.
In this episode, David chats with Karen Swallow Prior, author of the forthcoming book On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through great Books. They discuss Karen's approach to teaching literature, the origins of her love of reading and books, finding the virtues in Great Books, and much more. 
You can learn more about Karen - and find the book - at her website.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karen Swallow Prior, author of "On Reading Well"

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In this episode David Kern joins Heidi White to discuss a new CiRCE publication, 30 Poems to Memorize (Before Its Too Late), which David edited.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking the new "30 Poems to Memorize" Book

Dale Grote is the author of a new Latin reader of the Acts of the Apostles which includes a foreword by historian and teacher Wes Callihan and in this episode they join Heidi White for a conversation about the process of translation, the relationship between Latin and the New Testament, and much more. 

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Dale Grote + Wes Callihan on Latin and the book of Acts

This episode managing editor, Heidi White, talks to Classical Conversations CEO Robert Bortins about an exciting new opportunity  for homeschooling parents to earn a Master’s Degree just by homeschooling their children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Bortins on the New Masters Degree for Homeschoolers

In this episode, FORMA's managing editor, Heidi White, talks about music, mental health, and movies with Josh Bales, singer-songwriter, therapist, and Anglican Priest.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh Bales: priest, therapist, musician

Join managing editor, Heidi White, as she talks to Lancia Smith, founder and director of the Cultivating Project, about the redeeming power of nurturing art and beauty in intentional community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karen Swallow Prior, author of "On Reading Well"

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