Hey everyone, David Kern here. Just wanted to tell you about something that one of my friends is up to.

Did you know that this year you can study classic literature with Joshua Gibbs?

Starting September 2nd, Josh is teaching Paradise Lost for Beginners, a 14-week course devoted entirely to Milton's epic poem.

In the spring, Gibbs is teaching wisdom literature for beginners, which will focus on the

Consolation of Philosophy by Bithis and the Book of Ecclesiastes. If you're familiar with Gibbs' work,

you know these are two of his favorite texts to teach. He's been writing and lecturing on these books

for years. Both classes are available on the student level and the auditor level, which

is ideal for busy parents who want to keep reading and studying the classics. Paradise Lost

for Beginners and Wisdom Literature for Beginners classes are both available as live online

classes, downloadable videos, or audio downloads you can listen to on the go. You can find more about these classes and register at gibbsclassical.com.

Once again, that's gibbsclassical.com.

I highly recommend these courses.

Josh's thoughts on these books are so insightful and so helpful.

So whether you have a student that you're looking to add something to their curriculum for the year,

or you want to further your own education, I just can't speak highly enough of Joshua Gibbs.

You may have read his blog posts or even heard his podcast, but when you see him teach and you get to

know him, you see how funny and insightful and fun and challenging he is in a classroom setting.

So highly recommend those. And again, it's gibbsclassical.com.

All right, with that, let's get on to this week's episode of Close Reads.

Thanks for listening.

Hello, I'm David Kern.

And I'm Tim McIntosh.

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