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Hello bookish babes and welcome to a spicy and steamy episode! This week Allie and Meg discuss the hit sensation Butcher and Blackbird with sexual health and wellness EXPERT, Julie! The ladies met at a Pure Romance party with Julie as their fearless leader and immediately hit it off.  So, naturally...it led Allie and Meg to some smut/darker romance book recommendations. Get ready for what feels like a girls' night in including: the Ruinous Romance cocktail of the week, a mini intro to Pure Romance, all things B&B, and what toys and/or sexual enhancements would best go with your favorite bookish couples!*Please tune into the beginning of the episode for a Bibliofiles statement regarding recent allegations that have come to light in the book community, and as always be sure to check your trigger warnings before reading...we love you*

BiblioFiles is back! To launch our season on Juvenile and YA Fiction, Adam and Missy join Ian for a conversation about the state of literature for young readers today. What is the difference between a “juvenile” and “YA” classification? Should such a differentiation between genres exist in the first place? The CenterForLit Directors talk about the history of the split, their concerns for such specialization in the publishing industry, and a few ways they also see YA fiction currently being used for good. Referenced Works: You can support the CenterForLit Podcast Network by making a purchase through our Bookshop.org affiliate program! Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton Divergent by Veronica Roth “The Case for Good Taste in Children's Literature” by Meghan Cox Gurdon Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt Lord of the Flies by William Golding Please join the Facebook group We love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the Great Conversation.

BiblioFiles is back at long last with a new season on juvenile and YA fiction! Look for our first episode to drop on Friday September 15th. Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/333790777396633 We love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a very exciting, and if you will THRILLING episode of The Bibliofiles. This week, the ladies are joined by author Amy Engel to discuss her new thriller/mystery novel I Did It For You. This book takes you on a journey throughout the small town of Ludlow after it is devastated by 2 sets of murders too similar and too personal for Greer Dunning to ignore. The book explores themes of how different and yet how eerily similar the grieving process can be for the victim's and the perpetrator's families in the aftermath of a violent crime. Did we mention that Amy also throws in a little bit of forbidden romance to really keep you on the edge of your seat?? I Did It For You comes out July 25th so this is a spoiler-free episode that you won't want to miss!

We love new episodes of The Bibliofiles, don't we baby? Get ready to feel all of the emotions this episode bookish babes. Sad, angry, happy, in love, betrayed, horny, on the edge of your seat...really, you name it and Kate Stewart brings it. The stories told throughout Flock, Exodus, and The Finish Line follow some of the best and most heart-breaking characters / relationships Allie and Meg have ever read on top of a non-stop plot. Sip on your Rainy Days cocktail of the week and brace yourselves.

British director Joe Wright has a unique ability to use cinematography in his film adaptations to convey what is otherwise only communicable in words. The CenterForLit crew discuss his use of the medium, the great Pride and Prejudice debate, and more in this episode of BiblioFiles. Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/333790777396633Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Hello bookish babes, and welcome to an extremely special episode 60! As many of you probably already know, the Throne of Glass series is very special to Allie and Meg's hearts. They're getting freakin tattoos for the books - it's a big deal, okay? This is finally the episode where the ladies can review all 8 books of the series and get into all the feels, twists, and turns that this series provides. They're talking favorite and least favorite characters, couples, villains, and plot points. They give their definitive opinions on their recommended reading orders. All of this and more is amazing enough, but it will also prepare you for out ultimate Sarah J. Maas episode coming next week. Sip on your Rattling Stars cocktail of the week and join the ladies of The Bibliofiles on an epic ride fit for the TOG series.

The discourse around Amazon's Rings of Power has been fraught. So in this special crossover episode between Close Reads and BiblioFiles, David Kern and Ian Andrews try to figure out what works, what doesn't, and why the conversation has been they way it is.Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/333790777396633Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Missy takes centerstage in this episode of BiblioFiles to discuss what is arguably the best film adaptation of all time: the 1962 rendition of To Kill a Mockingbird. The crew discusses what makes this classic so great, and takes a chance to hash out the differences between the mediums of novel and film.Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/333790777396633Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

“There's a side of rock and roll—defiant, anarchic, Dionysian, subversive, doomed, Romantic—that has always appealed to literary novelists,” writes journalist Jonathan Dee. Rock is Lit podcast takes listeners on a quest to find the very best rock novels and explore the propulsive energy and raw power of these stories about music, the people who make it, and the characters who love it. In each episode host Christy Alexander Hallberg interviews authors about craft and the musical inspiration behind their work, then brings in music gurus to add real-world context to the bands or musical periods featured in the novels. The podcast runs the gamut from bestselling and critically acclaimed novels like Janet Fitch's 'Paint It Black' and Dana Spiotta's 'Eat the Document' to indie press releases to graphic novels to young adult classics to celebrity rock novels like the legendary Suzi Quatro's 'The Hurricane'. Bibliofiles and fans of grunge, blues, classic rock, ska, punk, pop, and pretty much every other rock music subgenre will find something enthralling in each show. Rock is Lit is a proud member of Pantheon Podcasts. Tune in and make the pilgrimage to literary rock and roll Mecca.Christy Alexander Hallberg is the author of the award-winning rock novel 'Searching for Jimmy Page' (Livingston Press, 2021). She teaches literature and writing online at East Carolina University, where she also serves as Senior Associate Editor of 'North Carolina Literary Review'. She lives near Asheville, NC. Find her at christyalexanderhallberg.com and @ChristyHallberg on Twitter and Instagram.

BiblioFiles is back! In the first episode of our new season, the CenterForLit crew sits down to wrap their heads around what makes a good film adaptation. What distinguishes the mediums of film and literature? And what does a movie version need to do to appease the angry mob of book lovers? Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/333790777396633Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Ian and Emily tease the upcoming season of BiblioFiles, set to begin airing on Friday August 26th. We'll be talking all about the process of adapting books for the big screen: the good, the bad, and the ugly.Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

WE'RE BACK BOOKISH BABES! This week on The Bibliofiles, Allie and Meg go head to head once again in a challenge to determine the prettiest book cover. The ladies took turns presenting and describing 6 of the most stunning books on her shelf to compete against each other. Join in as they sip on their book-themed cocktail of the week and participate in everyone's guilty pleasure: judging books by their covers!

The CenterForLit crew wraps up our first official season of the new and improved BiblioFiles with a look back at where we've been. We talk about the relationship between questions and answers in literature, and how that relationship influences the way we approach contemporary works of art. Be sure to stay tuned to the end to find out what you can expect from season 2! Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/333790777396633Referenced Works:– The Buried Giant and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro– Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury– The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab– Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan– The Genius Under the Table by Eugene Yelchin– Pelican Society MembershipShop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Join David, Heidi, and Tim as they dig into the first quarter of William Faulkner's infamous (and mildly inscrutable) novel, As I Lay Dying. Topics of conversation include tops for reading Faulkner, the various points-of-view that tell the story, what happens at the outset, and much more. This episode is brought to you be BiblioFiles. Learn more at centerforlit.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BiblioFiles is coming back! On Friday January 14, 2022, we'll be debuting the first of ten episodes from our new season on “The Great Questions.” In this trailer, Ian and Emily explain the thought process behind the updated version of the show and what you can expect going forward.

Surprise! We're breaking our long silence to give you a special interview with historian and author Robert Tracy McKenzie (Wheaton College) on the topic of his new book from InterVarsity Press, We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy. In this bonus episode, Adam speaks with his friend and former professor about the relationship between history and politics, as well as the similarities between sound historical and literary study. We'll be making an announcement about our new BiblioFiles season soon, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this conversation!Referenced Works:– We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy by Robert Tracy McKenzieShop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

We're back for EPISODE FREAKIN' 30 BOOKISH BABES! This week, Allie marks the end of her TBR (hell yeah she did that) with a full review of Long Bright River by Liz Moore. *TRIGGER WARNINGS during this review and discussion for drug use/abuse, drug overdose, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, child abuse, and homicide.* Meg continues the episode with SPOILER-FREE reviews of The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, Twisted Games by Ana Huang, and her opinions on the heavily debated "Miscommunication Trope" in romance novels. Sip on your Liquor Hypothesis cocktail of the week and celebrate 30 episodes of The Bibliofiles with your favorite bookish ladies. Next week we get into the world of Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash series. Happy Reading!

BiblioFiles is taking a sabbatical – but not to fear! When we return, we're coming back bigger and better than ever.In the meantime, be sure you're subscribed to the channel so you don't miss our new season when it launches, as well as some little surprises we have planned for while we're gone.

On Culture Friday, Myrna Brown and Paul Butler talk to Trevin Wax about living a reflective life; we revisit the last of our favorite features from the last decade; and three WORLD Radio team members reflect on their work for the program. Plus: a book returned, and the Friday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate. Additional support comes from BiblioFiles, a production of the CenterForLit Podcast Network.  Literary conversations about faith, arts, and culture. More at centerforlit.com/podcasts And from Ligonier Ministries, celebrating fifty years of proclaiming God's holiness. Thousands of video teaching series, books, articles, and more at Ligonier.org  

osh Schumacher reports on the new CDC eviction moratorium and how it has the same problems as the first one; Mary Reichard talks to Mindy Belz about the situation in Lebanon, one year after its massive port explosion; and we revisit more of our favorite feature stories. Plus: staff reflections, pizzas in space, and the Thursday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate. Additional support comes from Ligonier Ministries, celebrating fifty years of trustworthy Bible teaching. Thousands of discipleship resources anchored in the historic Christian faith are available at Ligonier.org from BiblioFiles, a production of the CenterForLit Podcast Network.  Literary conversations about faith, arts, and culture. More at centerforlit.com/podcasts  

On Washington Wednesday, Mary Reichard talks to political researcher Sean Trende about the Republican Party's suburban problem; on World Tour, Onize Ohikere reports on international news; and Paul Butler revisits some of our most interesting feature stories about unique places. Plus: staff reflections, making rain in the desert, and the Wednesday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate. Additional support comes from BiblioFiles, a production of the CenterForLit Podcast Network.  Literary conversations about faith, arts, and culture. More at centerforlit.com/podcasts And from Ligonier Ministries, celebrating fifty years of proclaiming God's holiness. Thousands of video teaching series, books, articles, and more at Ligonier.org  

Sarah Schweinsberg reports on several emerging technologies that could provide a viable alternative to expensive and impractical broadband internet access; Mary Reichard talks to Michael Rubin about the crisis in Afghanistan; and Paul Butler presents some of the interesting people we've profiled during the last 10 years. Plus: staff anniversary reflections, horsing around in Tokyo, and the Tuesday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate. Additional support comes from Ligonier Ministries, celebrating fifty years of trustworthy Bible teaching. Thousands of discipleship resources anchored in the historic Christian faith are available at Ligonier.org And from BiblioFiles, a production of the CenterForLit Podcast Network.  Literary conversations about faith, arts, and culture. More at centerforlit.com/podcasts  

This week, WORLD Radio celebrates 10 years of broadcasting Biblically objective journalism. Co-founders Nick Eicher and Joseph Slife tell the story of how The World and Everything in It got started and how it's grown over the last decade. Former staffers share some of their memories of the early days. And Joseph Slife explains how the show got its name. Plus: the Monday morning news. Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate. Additional support comes from BiblioFiles, a production of the CenterForLit Podcast Network.  Literary conversations about faith, arts, and culture. More at centerforlit.com/podcasts And from Ligonier Ministries, celebrating fifty years of proclaiming God's holiness. Thousands of video teaching series, books, articles, and more at Ligonier.org    

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a very special episode of The Bibliofiles! For episode 20, Allie and Meg sip on their Bibliofiles Special cocktails and each talk about their top 10 favorite books of all time. The ladies are given 30 seconds and one direct quote per book to convince you to read some of their favorites. No spoilers, so whether or not you have read these books you can still enjoy the episode! As always, new assignments are given for the following week.

Left to their own devices, Ian, Emily, and Megan decide to make the show all about themselves…literally. In this episode, the Andrews Junior talk about their CenterForLit journeys, discuss what they have been reading, and each share one dark secret.Referenced Works:– The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne– Moby Dick by Herman Melville– How to Eat an Elephant podcast– Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts– Apropos of Nothing by Woody Allen– Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L'Engle– Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri– The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien– Her Interactive– Don't Starve TogetherShop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

At CenterForLit we often say that literature provides an avenue for exploring the differing perspectives of the Great Conversation from the safety of our own homes. But if art is powerful to persuade the heart and not just the mind, is it also dangerous? In this episode, we discuss the power of art and potential safeguards for reading. Referenced Works:– BiblioFiles Episode #5: What is Art?– Plato's Republic– Utopia by Thomas More– Aesop's Fables– Hans Christian Andersen Fairytales– War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy– The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery– Watership Down by Richard Adams– The Chosen by Chaim Potok– A Theology of Reading: The Hermeneutics of Love by Alan JacobsShop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Adam and Missy go it alone in this episode dedicated to exploring the topic of redemptive or sacrificial love. Why is it so prevalent in literature? How do we interpret the reader's instinctive relief when it shows up? What does it mean when it's absent? The CenterForLit directors explore these issues and more without interruption from the second generation. Referenced Works:– Peace Like a River by Leif Anger– Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë– The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky– A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens– “Today is Friday” by Ernest Hemingway–The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald– Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand– Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt– The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis– Watership Down by Richard Adams– The Black Arrow and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson– The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare– Emma by Jane Austen– Middlemarch by George EliotShop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Which must be converted first – the mind or the soul? In this episode, the CenterForLit crew discusses N.T. Wright and the proper place of apologetics in faith. We pit evidentiary apologetics against Tolstoy's more experiential perspective, and consider the role art may play in conversion. Referenced Works:– The How to Eat and Elephant podcast– War and Peace and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy– The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. Wright– Mockingbird on AbreactionShop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Which picture book will rule them all? In this episode, the Andrews clan agrees upon rules for evaluating picture books and then enters combat with the picture book gladiator of their choice. Who will come out victorious? Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopReferenced Works:– Amos and Boris by William Steig– All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan– The Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman– Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco– Everyone Poops by Tarō Gomi– Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey–”Diver caught in whale ‘poonado'”– All My Friends Are Dead by Avery MonsenHonorable Mentions:– One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey– The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats– The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base– Ship of Dreams by Dean Morrissey– Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine by Evaline Ness– Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen,– Cinnamon, Mint, and Mothballs by Ruth Tiller – Brave Irene by William SteigWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

We like to discuss the great ideas of literature, but what do we do when those abstractions fail to hold up to real life problems–even when the abstractions are true? In this episode, the CenterForLit crew discuss Timothy Keller’s article in The Atlantic on facing his own death. We put him in conversation with other thinkers, and reflect on how their ideas hold up in the face of mortality. Referenced Works;– “Growing My Faith in the Face of Death” by Timothy Keller– The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy– “My Heart Rebels” and The Last Puritan by George Santayana– “Each and All” by Ralph Waldo Emerson– Hope in Times of Fear: Resurrection and the Meaning of Easter by Timothy KellerShop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

This week is Cross-Over week on Human Angle, as we showcase the new podcast "From the Bibliofiles," a science writing book club of sorts. This episode features an exclusive interview with popular science writer and director of MIT's Knight Science Journalism Program, Deborah Blum.

Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopIs the most important or most famous of an author’s works the first one you should read? In this episode, the CenterForLit crew discusses the idea of “gateway books.” What is the best way to get to know an author? Referenced Works:– War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy– How to Eat an Elephant podcast– Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare– “A Clean, Well Lighted Place”, “Today is Friday”, The Old Man and the Sea, A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway– D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire– Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb– Moby Dick, Billy Budd by Herman Melville– The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne– Wise Blood, The Violent Bear it Away, “Revelation”, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor– The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, At the Back of the Northwind, Phantastes by George MacDonlad– The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis– Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney– The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer– The Sound and the Fury, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner– The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopAdam is taking over another episode of “What Are We Reading?” having just finished a whale of a tale. He talks about the benefits of waiting until 52 to read Moby Dick, whether or not Ahab is a sympathetic character, and he makes a case for persevering through the cetology chapters. Referenced Works:– Moby Dick by Herman Melville– shmoop.comWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Today is for Todd, one of our favorite authors also known as Riley Sager. We sip on our Hot Todd-y cocktails and explore the mysteries and dangers that lurk amongst Pine Cottage, Camp Nightingale, and the notorious Bartholomew. Riley Sager never disappoints, and the ladies from The Bibliofiles are here to shout it from the rooftops. Full spoilers and rankings given for Final Girls, The Last Time I Lied, and Lock Every Door. As always, Meg and Allie give each other new book assignments to look forward to for next week. Sit back, relax, have some brunch, and happy reading bookish babes!

Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWhat is the most effective way to work change in the world? The CenterForLit crew contemplates this question by discussing James K.A. Smith’s recent article for The Christian Century. We look at the difference between philosophy and art, and examine the role of story in the career of a Christian. Referenced Works:– Mockingbird Ministries– The Mockingcast– “I’m a philosopher. We can’t think our way out of this mess.” by James K.A. Smith– Moby Dick by Herman Melville– The Christian Century: The Century SeriesWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Aaron Andrews, our resident journalist, is back on BiblioFiles to discuss his recent opinion piece concerning the Dr. Seuss controversy with Adam and Ian. We talk about what it looks like for a charitable reader to encounter offensive material, a reader’s relationship to a troubling past, and why it’s difficult to have civil conversations about sensitive issues these days. Referenced Works:– “In Defense of Dr. Seuss” by Aaron Andrews– And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss– BiblioFiles #101: Personal Density and Breaking Bread with the Dead (WAWR)– Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan JacobsWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Listen up bookish babes!  We have our first freaking author on the podcast!  Natasha is the brilliant new author of the book Shit Adults Never Taught Us.  She is hilarious, relatable, authentic, and unapologetically herself.  Her book is an extension of those qualities, and it isn't afraid to tackle all of the questions that you've been wondering about in terms of adulthood.  From money and career shit, to relationship shit, mind shit and life shit, Natasha and her book pick up where the adults left off to address all of the mysteries and WTF moments of growing up.  We drink our inspired cocktail called The Drink Adults Never Taught Us while we dive deep into all of our mishaps, mistakes, and the lessons that we've learned along the way.  Shit Adults Never Taught Us is a must read and this episode of The Bibliofiles is a must listen!

HELLO BOOKISH BABES!  For today's episode, Allie and Meg share a huge announcement for The Bibliofiles podcast!  You'll just have to sip on your Gatsby inspired cocktail of the week and listen to find out what it is!

Allie and Meg fully discuss their most recent suspense novel, The Perfect Marriage by Jeneva Rose.   The entire plot and its twists are discussed so if you don't want spoilers, skip ahead.   The cocktail of the week is Fifty Shades of Bay Breeze, appropriately titled for its ingredients and for the second portion of the show where the ladies explore the sexually charged relationship of Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey.  A twist on the typical bay breeze drink, all you need to enjoy this cocktail is one shot of coconut rum, one shot of silver tequila, pineapple juice and a dash of strawberry mix.  Allie and Meg talk what they loved and hated about the Fifty Shades books and movies, as well as the romance/erotica genre as a whole.  Is it getting hot in here or is it just episode 3 of The Bibliofiles?  Christian Grey will see you now...enjoy your brunch bookish babes!

New Criticism is a literary theory developed in America during the 20th century by thinkers whose influence can still be felt in the way we talk about literature today. In this episode, the CenterForLit crew attempts to describe the movement in layman’s terms while discussing the positive and negative implications of the way New Critics read.Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopReferenced Works:– Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton– The New Criticism by John Crowe Ransom– “Are Poetica” by Archibald MacLeish– Seven Types of Ambiguity by William EmpsonWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Hello bookish babes!  Are you ready to brunch with us for episode 2 of The Bibliofiles?  We hope so, because this week we are talking all things thriller!  From Meg and Allie's must-reads and their wish lists, to a complete review of the Guest List by Lucy Foley...which is appropriate because we have our first guest on the show today!  Nichole is amazing, funny, charismatic, and she REALLY REALLY loves The Guest List.  She's not our only guest though.  You will also hear Allie's contagious giggle, and Meg's drink because she's dumb and didn't use a straw.  The episode includes a drinking game so feel free to sip on your Clockwork Blood Orange as our book-themed cocktail of the week!  As always, we end the episode with book assignments and tipsy synopsis readings for the next episode.  More books and booze?  We think so!

Welcome to The Bibliofiles!  Meet your hosts, Allie and Meg!  Get to know them as you sip on your delicious cocktail of the week: the Bubbliofiles.  We are talking all things books and whatever random thoughts come to our crazy minds.  We end the episode with book assignments and tipsy plot descriptions so you know what to read for episode 2.  So many amazing books, cocktails, and guests lined up for the future, so we hope you take this ride with us!

There has been a lot of argument recently around a New York Times article that articulated the position of Classicist Dan-el Padilla Peralta. He believes the underlying presumptions of his academic field are flawed and irreparable, and therefore it should be allowed to die out. In this episode of BiblioFiles, the team attempts to give due respect and consideration to Peralta’s argument while working through our own position on the issue. Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopWorks Referenced:– “He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive?” by Rachel Poser– “Opinion: Why I won’t surrender the classics to the far right” by Shadi Bartsch– Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan Jacobs– “Lessons of the long-distance runner” by Anthony DanielsWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

What is art? Leo Tolstoy thinks he knows! The How to Eat an Elephant cast is taking over BiblioFiles this week to talk about Tolstoy’s interesting take on his own chosen career. Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopReferenced Works:–How to Eat an Elephant podcast– What Is Art? by Leo Tolstoy–War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy–Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

C.S. Lewis called literature the salve that heals the wound of individuality. In this episode, the CenterForLit crew discusses what that wound might be, and how it is that literature goes about healing it.Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopReferenced Works:– An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis– The Tempest and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare– Faust by Goethe– Frankenstein by Mary Shelley– David Copperfield and Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens– The Plague by Albert Camus– 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell– One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn– Brave New World by Aldous Huxley– The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne– Beowulf– Watership Down by Richard Adams– The Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

We’re opening 2021 with an episode of “What Are We Reading?” and Adam is in the hot seat. His review of Alan Jacob’s Breaking Bread with the Dead is a timely reminder of the important things at the beginning of a new year marked by uncertainty.Shop BiblioFiles: www.centerforlit.com/the-bibliofiles-shopReferenced Works:– Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind by Alan Jacobs– The Year of our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis by Alan Jacobs– How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds by Alan Jacobs– The Good Place (NBC), created by Michael Shur– What is Art? by Leo Tolstoy– The Wench is Dead by Colin Dexter– Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill– Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger– Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

In 2016 the CenterForLit team decided to turn on their microphones and dive into the Great Conversation. Five years and a hundred episodes later, we can’t imagine our company without BiblioFiles, and we are so grateful to the listeners who have made this show possible. Today we’re celebrating! Stay tuned for nostalgia, games, a chance to win, and a special announcement.Referenced Works:–BiblioFiles #41: The Late, Great Literary Analysis Debate with David Kern– BiblioFiles #19: An Interview with Gary Schmidt– BiblioFiles #15: Exploring Homer with Andrew Kern– BiblioFiles #64: Neil Postman, Literary Language, and Shakespearean Gore– BiblioFiles #86: Productivity and Quarantine –BiblioFiles #25: 20th and 21st Century Literature with Brian Wasko of Write At Home– BiblioFiles #13:Movie Adaptations of the Classics– BiblioFiles #47: Thunder Cake, Picture Books, and Identity – BiblioFiles #34: Karl Barth and Existentialism – BiblioFiles #81: Netflix’s The King and Literary Film Adaptations– Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt– Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky– To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf– Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel– Red Rising by Pierce BrownWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

One of the purported goals of literature is to reflect the truth back to us so that we can see with fresh eyes. Books can be a mirror by which we see the real world with new perspective. But what role does realism have in books aimed at younger readers? Should we be revealing the dark and difficult truths to them? Why does it feel that this is sometimes done well and sometimes not so much? Referenced Works:– 30 Poems to Memorize (Before It’s Too Late), edited by David Kern– Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan– Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt – Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain– “The Case for Good Taste in Children’s Books” by Meghan Cox Gurdon – A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter– Turtles all the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green– At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald– The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez– The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen– Danny the Champion of the World by Roald DahlWe love hearing your questions and comments! You can contact us by emailing i.andrews@centerforlit.com, or you can visit our website www.centerforlit.com to find even more ways to participate in the conversation.

Missy Andrews is a homeschool mother of six and co-author of Teaching the Classics. She regularly shares her love of literature on the CenterforLit podcast, BiblioFiles, along with her husband Adam, son Ian, and daughter-in-law Emily.Join us as Missy talks about the real goal of homeschooling, the proper place for academics, and most importantly, how to get to the nitty-gritty of a book through a great conversation with your children.