This is not just another book chat podcast.

Lifelong reader Cindy Rollins joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks for an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well.

Explore the lost intellectual tradition and discover how to fully enter end to the great works of literature.

Learn what books mean while delighting in the sheer joy of imagination. Each week, we will rescue

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

words of Stratford Caldecott, to be enchanted by story is to be granted a deeper insight into

reality. Join us for an ever-unfolding discussion of how stories will save the world.

This is the Literary Life Podcast.

Before jumping into today's episode, I wanted to give listeners a small heads up about the content. We're going to be discussing the right way to read Christina Rosetti's Goblin Market.

And we're also going to be discussing some of the bad ways of reading the poem.

We know that many parents listen to this podcast with driving around in their cars,

with their children in the back seat.

And while we are not going to be explicit in today's episode,

parents might want to preview before deciding if this is appropriate for their children.

Thanks a lot and enjoy today's episode.

Hello and welcome to the Literary Life podcast.

I'm Angelina Stanford and here with me is the man who does not have wombatts,

the mysterious Mr. Banks.

Nor am I a goblin last I checked.

Well, I don't know.

I've heard it both ways.

I don't know what the podcast reviews are saying about me these days. Who knows? I could have descended to that level in the eyes of, you know, the general public. You could have. But we'll be optimistic and assume I haven't. So one of the things that happens on this podcast is we record it, you know, a few days, sometimes a few weeks before it airs, which means I always forget what we talk about when it comes out.

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