Episode 311: "Falling Inward" with Dr. Jason Baxter
The Literary Life Podcast
Angelina Stanford
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
This week on The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina and Thomas are joined by their friend and colleague Dr. Jason Baxter to talk about his newest book coming soon from Cassiodorus Press, Falling Inward. After sharing their commonplace quotes, Angelina asks Jason why he wanted to update and republish this work that he originally wrote several years ago. They discuss what is different about the idea of falling inward versus navel gazing, the role of the teacher in approaching literature in a humane way, why we should seek a pre-modern cosmology, what kinds of topics Jason explored in this book, and so much more!
There is still time to register for this year's upcoming annual Literary Life Online Conference, happening January 23-30, 2026, "The Letter Killeth, but the Spirit Quickeneth: Reading Like a Human". Our speakers will be Dr. Jason Baxter, Jenn Rogers, Dr. Anne Phillips, and, of course, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks.
You can view the full show notes for this episode at https://theliterary.life/311.
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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. |
| 1:36.1 | I'm Angelina Stanford, and with me is The Mysterious Man of Mystery. |
| 1:37.7 | Look how smooth that was. |
| 1:38.1 | Uh-huh. |
| 1:39.7 | Nice alliteration. |
| 1:42.2 | The mysterious Mr. Banks. And today we have back on the podcast, one of our favorite people to talk about. |
| 1:47.9 | Oh, wow, Freudian slip, not talk about. I did not say that. To talk to Dr. Jason Baxter, |
| 1:54.2 | welcome back, Jason. Thanks. Thanks. It's great to be back. Good to be talked to. Talk about. |
| 2:00.0 | We do talk about you. We talk be talked to, talk to, about. |
| 2:02.9 | We talk about you and we talk to you. Always favorably. Always favorably. That's good, yeah. Absolutely. It's fair to say we talk about you, though. We've both been reading your book this past week, so we've been talking about you. I think that's fair. That's fair. Without any of the negative connotation. So today we are going to be talking with Jason Baxter about his brand new, |
| 2:20.9 | not even yet hot off the presses. |
| 2:22.8 | This is how brand new book from Cassidora's Press, falling inward. |
| 2:27.4 | And we are very excited to talk about that. |
| 2:29.8 | But first, a word from our sponsor, Who is us? |
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