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  • Best of Series,  Fairy Tales,  Show Notes

    Episode 328: Best of The Literary Life – “On Fairy Stories” by J.R.R. Tolkien

    admin / May 12, 2026 / 0 Comments

    This week on The Literary Life, we are re-airing an episode from the archives featuring a discussion of J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay “On Fairy Stories” between Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks. Angelina…

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    Episode 317: “Best of” – The Literary Life of Charlotte Mason (Ep. 82)

    admin / February 24, 2026 / 0 Comments

    Listen to The Literary Life: This week on The Literary Life podcast, we are excited to bring back a special episode from the vault: The Literary Life of Charlotte Mason! Along with Angelina,…

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    Episode 314: “Best of” – Our Favorite Poems

    admin / February 3, 2026 / 0 Comments

    Listen to The Literary Life: On this “Best of The Literary Life” episode from the vault, our hosts discuss their favorite poems and poets. Cindy starts off by sharing the early influences on…

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  • Best of Series,  Education,  Fairy Tales,  Interviews,  Show Notes

    Episode 312: “Best of” – Fairy Tales and Children’s Literature with Dr. Vigen Guroian

    admin / January 20, 2026 / 0 Comments

    Listen to The Literary Life: Welcome to an another great episode from the archives of The Literary Life podcast! This week we bring you an interview our hosts had with special guest Dr.…

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    Episode 310: “Best of” – What to Do When The Literary Life Feels Overwhelming (Ep. 231)

    admin / January 6, 2026 / 2 Comments

    Listen to The Literary Life: On this week’s “Best of The Literary Life Podcast” episode, host Angelina Stanford is joined by friends and fellow readers Cindy Rollins, Emily Raible, and Jone Rose to…

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    Episode 307: “Best of” – Our Year in Reading, Ep. 31

    admin / December 16, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Listen to The Literary Life: This week on The Literary Life podcast, we are dipping back into the archives to bring you a delightful conversation from 2019 in which our Literary Life podcast…

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  • Best of Series,  Education,  Show Notes

    Episode 306: “Best of” – What Is the Literary Life?

    admin / December 9, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Listen to The Literary Life: Welcome back to The Literary Life podcast and one of our “best of” episodes from the vault! Due to the busyness of the holiday season, we thought this…

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    Episode 300: Best of Series – “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, Ch. 18-End

    admin / October 28, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Listen to The Literary Life: On The Literary Life podcast this week, Angelina, Cindy and Thomas are back to wrap up their series on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. They open with their commonplace quotes…

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    Episode 299: Best of Series – “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, Ch. 12-17

    admin / October 21, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Listen to The Literary Life: Our hosts are back on The Literary Life podcast today to continue our series on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This week we are covering chapters 12-17, and in the…

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  • Best of Series,  Read Along,  Show Notes

    Episode 298: Best of Series – “Dracula” by Bram Stoker, Ch. 8-11

    admin / October 14, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Listen to The Literary Life: Welcome back to The Literary Life podcast today and our series on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This week Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks cover chapters 8-11 of…

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