The Scandal of Reading 37 | Tiffany Kriner on Louise Erdrich’s LaRose
Tiffany Kriner joins Claude Atcho to discuss Louise Erdrich’s novel, LaRose, as it relates to the fruit of the Spirit: Peace.
The Scandal of Reading 35 | Lit Pulpit – The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
Claude and Austin discuss Walker Percy’s 1961 novel, The Moviegoer, and its attempt to find a new voice for truth for the time it was written.
The Scandal of Reading 26 | Lit Pulpit 4 – Go Tell It on the Mountain, Part 4
Claude and Austin discuss religious power, toxic faith, and the complications of conversion in James Baldwin’s novel.
The Scandal of Reading 25 | Neal Plantinga on John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath
Neal Plantinga joins Austin to discuss John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and its commentary on systemic corruption and evil in the Dust Bowl.
The Scandal of Reading 6 | Chris Smith on Georges Bernanos’ Diary of a Country Priest
Chris Smith joins to discuss Bernanos’ Diary of a Country Priest and the novel’s take on the literary history of historic individualism.
Austen Upside Down
Contemporary writer Curtis Sittenfeld gives Jane Austen a modern makeover, managing to miss the point of Austen’s work in the process.
