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Welcome to reality raincheck—a book club that helps you escape into the best books and then come back feeling empowered by beautiful thoughts and words. We talk with authors, professor's, and great thinkers about our favorite reads.
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Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson with Professor George Handley (opens the original)
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We had the wonderful opportunity to discuss Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping with George Handley and to marvel all over again at the astonishing beauty of Robinson's prose. Our guest, George Handley, is a professor of humanities at Brigham Young University whose work explores the intersections of literature, religion, and the natural world. A scholar of Marilynne Robinson's writing, he has published on Housekeeping and has interviewed Robinson about her work. Set in the fictional town of Finger
The Odyssey by Homer with guest Dr. Emily Hauser (opens the original)
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Exploring The Odyssey with Dr. Emily Hauser | Homer, Emily Wilson, Greek Mythology & the Humanities Few books have shaped Western literature more profoundly than Homer's The Odyssey . Nearly 3,000 years after it was composed, readers are still asking the same questions Homer posed: What makes a hero? What does it truly mean to find home? How much of our lives is shaped by fate, choice, and the stories we tell ourselves? In this episode of Reality Raincheck , we're joined by ancient historian and
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