Old Books with Grace

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Austen's Persuasion: Ch. 10-12, Vol I with Chelsea Swanson Jul 07, 2021

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Dr. Grace Hamman and her special guest and best friend since kindergarten, Chelsea Swanson, lose track of time as they endlessly dissect three chapters of Persuasion that perhaps have the most incredible emotional and interpersonal subtext of all chapters but the end. Plus, discussion of the most stupid Jane Austen injury: Louisa Musgrove jumps off the Cobb!

Austen's Persuasion: Ch. 7-9 Vol. I with Marisa Tualla Jun 23, 2021

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Welcome to week three of reading Jane Austen's Persuasion with the Summer Old Book Club! Today, Grace chats with her old friend Marisa Tualla, a math curriculum specialist, about ch. 7-9 of vol. I. They talk Jane Austen on gender, loneliness, the fascinating and unusual presence of children in this section, among many other things...

Austen's Persuasion: Ch. 4-6 Vol. 1 with John Irwin Jun 17, 2021

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It's week two of the Summer Old Book Club! Read alongside Grace and her brother, John Irwin, as they discuss chapters 4-6 of volume I of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Grace and John talk about meeting Captain Wentworth (in memory) for the first time, Jane Austen's meanest and most phallic joke, Regency-era ideas about class, the wretched Mary Musgrove, and so much more...

Austen's Persuasion: Chapters 1-3 Vol. 1 with Dr. Jessica Ward Jun 09, 2021

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Welcome to the Summer Old Book Club with Jane Austen's Persuasion! Grace and Dr. Jessica Ward, an English professor at Mercy College in NYC and one of Grace's grad school buddies, talk about our introduction to the characters, Austen's cutting humor, personality types, and more.

A Brief Introduction to Jane Austen Jun 02, 2021

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We all know who Jane Austen is. But a little more context and background can help us to better understand her writing and her world, before we enter into her final novel, Persuasion. Join the Summer Old Book Club!

Meditations on Henry Vaughan's "The Night" May 05, 2021

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"There is in God, some say, / A deep but dazzling darkness..." What does Vaughan's famous line mean? Let's think about this beautiful poem and its Welsh 17th-century author together.

Dabbling in Old Words: Whole Apr 21, 2021

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Feeling broken, distended, fragmented? Me too. This episode meditates upon spiritual and bodily wholeness, via the ancient origins of the word "whole" and supplemented by Augustine of Hippo.

T.S. Eliot's "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees" Dec 23, 2020

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Merry Christmas from Old Books With Grace! In this episode, I think about the great poet and thinker T.S. Eliot's midcentury poem, "The Cultivation of Christmas Trees," and the darkness and light of this season. Check out the text on oldbookswithgrace.com.

Welcome to Old Books With Grace! Dec 14, 2020

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I'm Dr. Grace Hamman and I want to explore the intersections of literature and theology with you. Old books speak to us and allow us to break out of our hidden assumptions and biases about the way the world works. Today, I'm introducing us to the work of Julian of Norwich, the brilliant fourteenth-century contemplative writer, and her background. Check out the accompanying blog at oldbookswithgrace.com

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