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Podcast: New Books in Popular Culture
Episode: Child's Play: The Seriousness of Children's Literature
Description: We shouldn’t be dismissive of the popularity of children’s literature among adults, as it is often in these works of fiction that powerful themes such as death, love, and virtue are most deeply and imaginatively explored.Guests
Christina Phillips Mattson, Scholar of Children’s Literature
Casper ter Kuile, Ministry Innovation Fellow at Harvard Divinity
School and co-host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
MG Prezioso, Contributing writer for Harvard Political Review
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