All the World's a Stage: Creator by Forrester and Andrews

You’ve heard of Rodgers and Hammerstein. You’ve heard of Bernstein and Sondheim. But have you heard of Forrester and Andrews?!
In this episode t...

Changes Coming to the CenterForLit Podcast Network!

CenterForLit Director Adam Andrews explains what you can expect from the CenterForLit Podcast Network going forward.
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* The Bi...

All the World's a Stage: Conclusion

For our season finale we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come since Medea. We offer our final thoughts on the difference between written literature and...

All the World's a Stage: Waiting for Godot

Aaron Andrews is returning to the show today to talk about Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot with the rest of the crew. We debate whether or not ther...

All the World's a Stage: A Long Day's Journey Into Night

Today we're wading deep into the fog of Modernism with a discussion of Eugene O'Neill's A Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). Ian and Megan sit down...

All the World's a Stage: Hedda Gabler

Today we're tackling the movement toward Realism in the theater with a discussion of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 stage play, Hedda Gabler. This one caused a s...

All The World's a Stage: A Brief History of Theatre in the 1700s

This week Ian and Emily are talking about what happened to the theater after Shakespeare. They follow the trends of comedy and tragedy, Renaissance an...

All the World's a Stage: The Tempest

In our last episode, we discussed the concerns about theatre raised by the Reformation. Today we're looking at The Tempest as Shakespeare's answer to...

All the World's a Stage: Why Did the Reformers Hate Plays?

The CenterForLit crew attempts a huge historical leap in this episode as we try to bridge the gap between Greek drama and the Reformation. We talk abo...

All the World's a Stage: Medea

In a Jason-like heroic struggle, Ian wrestles his wife and his mother in a conversation about Euripides' Medea. We talk about the function of this pla...

All The World's a Stage: Introduction

Welcome to a new season of BiblioFiles! In this first episode, the CenterForLit crew introduces our theatrical theme and discusses the similarities an...

Juvenile and YA Fiction: John Green

Emily joins Ian in this episode to talk about our first author who writes solely in the YA genre: John Green. They discuss what makes his work so diff...

Juvenile and YA Fiction: Jeanne Birdsall

In this episode, Megan joins Ian to talk about the magic of Jeanne Birdsall’s Penderwicks series. They discuss what it is about this series that appea...

Juvenile and YA Fiction: Gary D. Schmidt

What can CenterForLit’s favorite children’s author teach us about the difference between juvenile and YA fiction? Adam and Missy sit down with Ian in...

At the Movies: Interpreting Gatsby

Adam compares notes on the 1974 and 2013 adaptations of The Great Gatsby. Then the CenterForLit crew considers whether or not a director has a respons...

At the Movies: Understanding Film Adaptations

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 adaptat...

BiblioFiles: "At the Movies" Trailer

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...

The Great Questions: "What is God like?"

In the second episode of our series on “The Great Questions,” we ask the natural follow-up question to “Is there a god?” If there is a god, what is he...

The Great Questions: "Is there a god?"

We’re opening our season on “The Great Questions” by asking the most important question of them all: “Is there a god?” In this episode, the CenterForL...

How to Eat an Elephant: Trailer

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Lit, Period #7: Modernism

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BiblioFiles Episode #10: Grace and Literature

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BiblioFiles Episode #9: What is the Proper Use of Literature?

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BiblioFiles Episode #8: Is Truth Necessary in Literature?

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BiblioFiles Episode #7: Alienation and Communion

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BiblioFiles Episode #6: Should Art be Beautiful?

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BiblioFiles Episode #5: What is Art?

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BiblioFiles Episode #4: Avoiding Christian Deconstructionism

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BiblioFiles Episode #3: Participating in the The Great Conversation

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BiblioFiles Episode #2: The Great Conversation

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BiblioFiles Episode #1: Introduction

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