Welcome to Season 3 of Crack the Book! In this episode:

A quick review of big events that happened during the break—

1. Ted Gioia agreed to an interview! I share some of our back-and-forth from our email “interview”/exchange.
2. The podcast What Should I Read Next invited me to be a guest. As a long-time listener to this podcast, it was incredibly exciting.
3. I gave an in-person talk (my first!) with a friend about “Reading as a Superpower.” Stay tuned for more about that.

Then we talk a little bit about how this season is going to go, reading groups of related books as units. Right now, that looks like—

1. British History and Fiction: in preparation for my upcoming trip to Yorkshire
2. The Illiad/Odyssey/Aeneid as a trilogy: revisiting my new love of epic poetry, just in time for this summer’s big movie
3. Children’s Books: the “right books” that every kid should read, and the ones that especially shaped me and a few friends
4. Once-a-month Shakespeare! Last year I felt like I conquered Shakespeare, or at least figured out how to read him without it seeming too onerous. We are keeping that going with one Shakespeare a month, on the last Tuesday.

Next week we hop right in with Henry IV, Part 1. Thanks as always for listening!

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The Ted Gioia Interview

One of the "Movie Lists" I mentioned

What Should I Read Next, Episode 523

Theology on Tuesdays

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