Conservative Conversations with ISI
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Conservative Conversations with ISI
Jane Scharl on Poetry for Beginners, Patronizing the Arts, and Saving the World Through Beauty
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Intercollegiate Studies Institute
In this episode:
- ISI’s own Jane Scharl joins the podcast to talk about her work as a professional poet and playwright
- why everyone needs to appreciate the fine arts to be fully human, and how to get started for beginners
- why beauty changes and saves the world by changing and saving souls, and how to become a patron of artists to produce more beautiful things
Texts Mentioned:
- Sonnez Les Matines by Jane Scharl
- A People’s Tragedy by Orlando Figes
- Apollo and Daphne myth
- The Aeneid by Virgil
- “Can Poetry Matter?” by Dana Gioia
- Beowulf
- Wiseblood Books
- Slant Books
- St. Louis IX Art Society
- Pushkin by Jonathan Leaf
- jcscharl.com
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