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Podcast: New Books in Popular Culture
Episode: 91* Leah Price on Childrenās Books: Turning Back the Clock on āAdultingā (EF, JP)
Description: What do children love most about books? Leaving their mark on inviting white spaces? Or that enchanting feeling when a book marks them as its own, taking them off to where the wild things are? Back in 2021, Elizabeth and John invited illustrious and illuminating book historianĀ Leah PriceĀ to decode childhood reading past and present. The conversation explores the tactile and textual properties of great childrenās books and debate adult fondness for juvenile literature. Leah asks if identifying with a literary character is a sign of virtuous imagination, or of craziness and laziness. She also schools John on what...