Episode 251: Why Literature Still Matters with Dr. Jason Baxter

The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford

Education, Selfeducation, Classicaleducation, Reading, Literature, Homeschool, Arts, Books, Charlottemason, Homeeducation, Homeschooling

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Literary Life Podcast we are pleased to bring you a conversation hosts Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks had with Dr. Jason Baxter, author of the new book Why Literature Matters from Cassiodorus Press. You can find out more about Dr. Baxter and his other books at JasonMBaxter.com. Together they discuss how this book came about and the importance of knowing who your audience is. They share some hopes for this book to reach those who don’t understand why literature is still worthwhile in our current culture. Angelina brings up the challenges of reading in this fast-paced, consumeristic age. Jason uses metaphors of gardening and learning a piece of music to think about reading and understanding as a process requiring time and perseverance.

Please visit our website for complete show notes including commonplace quotes, book links, and this week's poem at https://theliterary.life/251/.

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0:00.0	This is not just another book chat podcast.
0:21.6	Lifelong reader Cindy Rollins joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks for an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well.
0:32.6	Explore the lost intellectual tradition and discover how to fully enter end to the great works of literature.
0:40.2	Learn what books mean while delighting in the sheer joy of imagination. Each week, we will rescue
0:47.1	story from the ivory tower and bring it to your couch, your kitchen, and your commute. The literary life is for everyone because in the
0:55.9	words of Stratford Caldecott, to be enchanted by story is to be granted a deeper insight into
1:02.2	reality. Join us for an ever-unfolding discussion of how stories will save the world.
1:09.7	This is the Literary Life Podcast.
1:31.0	Hello and welcome to the Literary Life podcast.
1:33.1	I'm Angelina Stanford, and I'm here.
1:37.2	Well, as always, with my partner in crime, the guy who's got the life sentence.
1:39.4	Yes, yes.
1:41.4	Forgettable husband.
1:49.2	We have actual stories of going places and no one can remember him and they only remember me.
1:56.8	No, when I go out to the store, frequently people will come up and ask, oh, how's your wife when I don't think necessarily even all of them have met you? They've never met me. Do you remember when you took me to your favorite local restaurant?
2:01.6	One exception. One exception. I told you about this recently. I think a guy came up to me at the store,
2:07.5	and I think his wife is a listener, and he said that he couldn't remember my name, but he says,
2:12.7	my wife calls you the time traveler guy. And yeah, that was, yeah.
2:18.4	Yes, you had an actual fan siding at the grocery store.
2:22.3	But usually that's the you thing that happens.
2:25.6	Well, we are not here alone.
2:27.7	We are here with someone that you guys cannot get enough of.
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