Why Literature Matters and "How to Read (and Write) like a Catholic" - an interview with Joshua Hren

16/03/2022 50 min

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Episode Synopsis

Highlights include:

When is a book ok to read? Discerning the line
If I'm scrupulous, should I even read literature?
What is the possibility of restoring the Catholic literary tradition?
Are you concerned with classics or worthy books being canceled in our current culture?
Why do we need literature?  

Joshua Hren is the founder and publisher of Wiseblood Books, perhaps the most distinguished and ambitious small literary press of our day. He has published two collections of short stories, "This Our Exile" and "In the Wine Press," as well as "Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good: J.R.R. Tolkien and Political Philosophy." His first novel, "Infinite Regress," is forthcoming from Angelico Press; his introduction to Catholic letters, "How to Read (and Write) like a Catholic," is available from TAN Books.
https://tanbooks.com/products/books/liberal-arts/literature/how-to-read-and-write-like-a-catholic/
https://news.stthom.edu/ust--announces--a-new-master-of-fine-arts-program-in-creative-writing/