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January 08, 2020 2. Charlotte Ostermann on Writing
Patrick Callahan sits down with author Charlotte Ostermann for a reflection on the state of Catholic writing today and some insights from her own experience as an author. While we discuss some of her earlier works, especially Souls at Rest, her most recent book, Upschooling, has been receiving great reviews. Inter alia, we discuss the Catholic Writer's Guild and Fr. John Hardon SJ's advice to writers.
33 min
January 01, 2020 1. John Donne and the Great Books
Hosts Annie Gardner and Patrick Callahan catch up on what they've been reading (Patrick Rothfuss's The Wise Man's Fear and Mary Wilkins Freeman's The Revolt of "Mother" respectively), discuss John Donne's Holy Sonnet X, and the reasons why we read Great Books. Inter alia, we apply C.S. Lewis' argument on children's stories to YA literature. For those interested in reading more about C.S. Lewis' argument, see https://www.cslewis.com/reading-childrens-stories/.
35 min

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From Plato and Vergil to Dante and the Bible, last week’s hot release to the Great Books of antiquity. This is the Well-Read Catholic.