The Literary Life Podcast
Hosted by Angelina and Thomas and Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins and Cindy and Thomas Banks · Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks
4.7from 1,607 ratings
- 346
- Episodes
- 101
- Transcribed
- 1,607
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About The Literary Life Podcast
Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature. Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader Cindy Rollins (of www.MorningtimeForMoms.com) for slow reads of classic literature, conversations with book lovers, and an ever-unfolding discussion of how Stories Will Save the World. And check out our sister podcast The Well Read Poem with poet Thomas Banks.
- Publisher
- Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks
- Category
- arts · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Apr 2019
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
101 of 346 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 347: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Intro and Ch. 1-5
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 346: Finding the Education for Your Vocation with the Hornstra Sisters
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 345: "Best of" Series – The Literary Life of Addison and Ella Hornstra (Ep. 182)
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Episode 347: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Intro and Ch. 1-5
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So we struggle with thinking. logic and imagination are opposed. That logic, your rational mind, your intellect helps you to see how things really are. And the imagination is you imagining things that aren't really there. And again, the Malcolm Guy interview we did, I thought really illuminated what Coleridge is trying to get at because Guy himself is deeply influenced by Coleridge. But what Coleridge and McDonald basically is a Coleridge disciple. So I kind of, I will use these things interchangeably, but He and Lewis Carroll are all trying to say logic and imagination are not opposed. They are both faculties of the reason which can perceive meaning and that logic is good at perceiving some things and the imagination is good at perceiving other things. […]
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- Addison Hornstra
- Ella Hornstra
- Dr Anne Phillips
- Jenn Rogers
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- 4.7 / 5
- 1,239 ratings
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- 4.9 / 5
- 368 ratings
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- Engagement
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Angelina and Thomas and Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins and Cindy and Thomas Banks host the show. Published by Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks.
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