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On Virtues and Fiction with Karen Swallow Prior
On Virtues and Fiction with Karen Swallow Prior
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Jan 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Grace welcomes Dr. Karen Swallow Prior, professor and author of On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books. We talk about some of my favorite questions: How can virtue be learned and practiced through stories? How do narratives of the past change us? Why is fiction important in learning to live and love well?
Released:
Jan 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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