<p>Jeanne Murray Walker reads from her new memoir, published by Slant Books: "Leaping from the Burning Train: A Poet's Journey of Faith" -- which tells the story of her journey from a childhood immersed in fundamentalism to a broader and more capacious faith, guided by her love for poetry -- and fields questions from SlantCast host, Gregory Wolfe. 

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Jeanne Murray Walker reads from her new memoir, published by Slant Books: "Leaping from the Burning Train: A Poet's Journey of Faith" -- which tells the story of her journey from a childhood immersed in fundamentalism to a broader and more capacious faith, guided by her love for poetry -- and fields questions from SlantCast host, Gregory Wolfe.

#15: Book Launch Event for "Leaping from the Burning Train"

Online book launches, readings, conversations about a wide range of literary topics -- welcome to SlantCast, the official podcast of Slant Books. Slant is an independent, not-for-profit literary press specializing in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, philosophy, theology, and belles lettres. Slant books are marked by the kind of meticulous craft and passion for language that are harder and harder to come by in our age of instant publishing and literary gimmickry. These are books that will lodge themselves in readers’ lives.

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#15: Book Launch Event for "Leaping from the Burning Train"

#15: Book Launch Event for "Leaping from the Burning Train"