Hey everyone, David Kern here. Before we get to this week's episode, I just want to tell you about the

Circe Institute Atrium Program. It's a one-year program that explores the foundations of Christian

classical education with online classes and discussions. The Atrium now features five different

courses, and participants can choose any one course or sign up for multiple courses. These courses

include our very own Heidi White, our very own hero, here on Close Reeds,

talking about classical pedagogy.

And then we've got Andrew Kern talking about classical rhetoric,

Matthew Bianco talking about Plato's Republic.

And then from West Callahan, you can choose either the Divine Comedy or the Iliad.

So there are great options for anybody who wants to dig into any of these subjects. If you'd like to learn more,

head over to surcee institute.com slash atrium. Again, that's surcey institute.com slash atrium.

And once again, those courses are Heidi Wade and classical pedagogy, Andrew Kern and classical rhetoric, Matthew Bianco on Plato's Republic, or West Callahan on The Divine Comedy or the Iliad. One more time, that link is surceyinstitute.com slash atrium.

And with that, let's get you this week's conversation.

Hello, I'm David Kern. I'm Heidi White. And Tim's not here yet. Tim got caught up in

a meeting with his work. And so he's going to be here any second, I think.

But we are getting started just because of limited time.

And we thought we'd welcome me to this podcast,

which is, of course, Close Reads,

a podcast for the Incurable Reader,

on which we are going to be answering your questions

about their eyes.

We're watching God, Zora and Neil Hurston's novel.

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