Listen "Jane Scharl on Poetry for Beginners, Patronizing the Arts, and Saving the World Through Beauty"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode:ISI’s own Jane Scharl joins the podcast to talk about her work as a professional poet and playwrightwhy everyone needs to appreciate the fine arts to be fully human, and how to get started for beginnerswhy beauty changes and saves the world by changing and saving souls, and how to become a patron of artists to produce more beautiful thingsTexts Mentioned:Sonnez Les Matines by Jane ScharlA People’s Tragedy by Orlando FigesApollo and Daphne mythThe Aeneid by Virgil“Can Poetry Matter?” by Dana GioiaBeowulfWiseblood BooksSlant BooksSt. Louis IX Art SocietyPushkin by Jonathan Leafjcscharl.comBecome a part of ISI:Become a MemberSupport ISIUpcoming ISI Events