"Sad Stories Told for Laughs" is a special summer series of episodes in which writers speak of their public humiliations for your edification and entertainment. In this episode, memoirist Harrison Scott Key, author of The World's Largest ManandCongratulations, Who Are You Again? tells about the strange places he's done readings and the dream that wanted to eat him.

"Sad Stories Told for Laughs" is a special summer series of episodes in which writers speak of their public humiliations for your edification and entertainment. In this episode, memoirist Harrison Scott Key, author of <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062351500">The World's Largest Man</a> and <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062843302">Congratulations, Who Are You Again?</a> tells about the strange places he's done readings and the dream that wanted to eat him.

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Sad Stories Told for Laughs: Harrison Scott Key

John Hendrix is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many books. His award-winning illustrations have also appeared on book jackets, newspapers, and magazines all over the world. The Society of Illustrators named John the Distinguished Educator in the Arts for 2024. He is the Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art and the founding Chair of the MFA in Illustration and Visual Culture program at Washington University in St. Louis. John’s new graphic novel is The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. 

In this episode, John and Jonathan Rogers talk about the nature of myth, the creative power of friendship, the beginning of the Inklings, and the sad end of the Inklings.

<a href="https://www.johnhendrix.com/">John Hendrix</a> is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many books. His award-winning illustrations have also appeared on book jackets, newspapers, and magazines all over the world. The Society of Illustrators named John the Distinguished Educator in the Arts for 2024. He is the Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art and the founding Chair of the MFA in Illustration and Visual Culture program at Washington University in St. Louis. John’s new graphic novel is T<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-mythmakers-the-remarkable-fellowship-of-c-s-lewis-j-r-r-tolkien-a-graphic-novel-john-hendrix/21169684?ean=9781419746345">he Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien</a>. 
In this episode, John and Jonathan Rogers talk about the nature of myth, the creative power of friendship, the beginning of the Inklings, and the sad end of the Inklings.

John Hendrix on the Fellowship of Tolkien and Lewis

Daniel Silliman is senior news editor for Christianity Today. He earned a doctorate in American studies from Heidelberg University in Germany and has taught US history and humanities at Heidelberg, the University of Notre Dame, Valparaiso University, and Milligan University. His new book is One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation. From the jacket copy: "Impious and amoral, petty and vindictive, Richard Nixon is not the typical protagonist of a religious biography. But spiritual drama is at the heart of this former president’s tragic story."

Daniel Silliman is senior news editor for Christianity Today. He earned a doctorate in American studies from Heidelberg University in Germany and has taught US history and humanities at Heidelberg, the University of Notre Dame, Valparaiso University, and Milligan University. His new book is <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/one-lost-soul-richard-nixon-s-search-for-salvation-daniel-silliman/21003381?ean=9780802878199">One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation</a>. From the jacket copy: "Impious and amoral, petty and vindictive, Richard Nixon is not the typical protagonist of a religious biography. But spiritual drama is at the heart of this former president’s tragic story."

Daniel Silliman on Nixon's Spiritual Life

In this back-to-school episode Jonathan Rogers speaks with Rachel Griffis and Rachel De Smith Roberts about their book, Deep Reading: Practices to Subvert the Vices of Our Distracted, Hostile, and Consumeristic Age. Dr. Griffis is a professor of English at Spring Arbor University in Michigan, and Dr. Roberts is an associate professor of English at North Greenville University in South Carolina. In this episode, they talk about “Deep Reading” as a corrective to the vices of Distraction, Hostility, and Consumerism. 

In this back-to-school episode Jonathan Rogers speaks with Rachel Griffis and Rachel De Smith Roberts about their book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/deep-reading-practices-to-subvert-the-vices-of-our-distracted-hostile-and-consumeristic-age-rachel-m-de-smith-roberts/20648530?ean=9781540966957">Deep Reading: Practices to Subvert the Vices of Our Distracted, Hostile, and Consumeristic Age</a>. Dr. Griffis is a professor of English at Spring Arbor University in Michigan, and Dr. Roberts is an associate professor of English at North Greenville University in South Carolina. In this episode, they talk about “Deep Reading” as a corrective to the vices of Distraction, Hostility, and Consumerism.

Sad Stories Told for Laughs: Harrison Scott Key

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