The Literary Life Podcast

In this episode of The Literary Life, Cindy and Angelina interview their long time friend and fellow reader, Kelly Cumbee. Kelly is a wife and homeschooling mother of seven who has given herself a highly literary education. Together they discuss how Kelly started reading at a very young age and the kinds of books she loved as a child. Kelly talks about her love for Edmund Spenser and how she began...

Today on The Literary Life, Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins discuss Dorothy L. Sayers' essay  " Are Women Human? "  They explore the ideas that Sayers wrestles with in the essay, including: the Victorian view of women, the significance of the industrial revolution, the human need for meaningful occupation, and the early feminist movement and women's suffrage. Angelina and Cindy also discuss th...

This week, your hosts Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins are covering the final chapters of Gaudy Night , starting with chapter 16. They also announce the opening of the Patreon community called " Friends and Fellows " where they will be offering a wealth of additional content. In this episode, Cindy and Angelina explore the ideas in these last chapters of the book, including the fact that this i...

In this episode of The Literary Life, Cindy Rollins and Angelina Stanford discuss chapters 8-15 of Dorothy L. Sayers' book Gaudy Night . In addition to reviewing the plot points of interest in these chapters, Cindy and Angelina focus in on the interweaving of plot, theme, and setting in Gaudy Night . They talk about how Oxford is more than just a place in which the story is told, but is almost a c...

Today on The Literary Life, your hosts Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins sit down for a chat with their friend and fellow reader, Mary Jo Tate. As well as being an avid reader, Mary Jo is an author, editor, teacher, book collector and single mother to 4 young men. A veteran homeschooler, Mary Jo is the author of Flourish: Balance for Homeschool Moms , and you can learn more about her and her wor...

This week on The Literary Life, Angelina and Cindy discuss the next few chapters of Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers. In this episode, Angelina explores the question of why all the epigraphs opening each chapter are from Renaissance writers. Aside from recapping plot points, Cindy and Angelina also chat about the following topics: the unnatural nature of the crime and of the cloistered atmosphere; th...

Today's Book List: (affiliate links) Gaudy Night , Strong Poison , Clouds of Witness , Unnatural Death , Five Red Herrings , Murder Must Advertise , The Nine Tailors , and The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy Sayers Seeking God by Esther de Waal and Kathleen Norris The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis Essays by Dorothy Sayers: Are Women Human? , The Mind of the Maker,  and Letters to a...

Today's Book List: (affiliate links) The World's Last Night and Lilies That Fester by C.S. Lewis The Five Red Herrings , Murder Must Advertise , and Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers Nancy Drew #45: The Spider Sapphire Mystery by Carolyn Keene The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox Multiple novels by Agatha Christie Murders in the Rue Mor...

Today's Book List: (affiliate links) One Writer's Beginnings by Eudora Welty Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L'Engle The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis Fairacre and Thrush Green series by Miss Read Arabian Nights Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Legends of King Arthur Series by Rosemary Sutcliff The Jeeves and Wooster series by P.G. Wod...

Today's Book List: (affiliate links) An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis The Children's Homer , The Golden Fleece , The Stone of Victory, and other Tales by Padraic Colum For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Mutliple novels by Elizabeth Gaskell Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Joseph Pieper Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers   Find out more about our sponsor, New College Franklin at...