Classical Commons Podcast (May 14, 2025)
Poet and master teacher Christine Perrin joins us to reflect on poetry as a shared encounter. Drawing from decades of experience, she offers a powerful vision for how poetry can shape souls.
In this episode, we discuss: the “choral” dimension of reading together; why Gen Z students fear taking interpretive risks—and how to invite them in; how to delay analysis in favor of immersive, formative reading; encountering poetry not as a puzzle to solve, but as a relationship to enter. This and much more on the latest episode of the Classical Commons Podcast.
[Watch the video-interview here.]
Related links—
- The Honors College at Messiah University: https://www.messiah.edu/ug-commenceme…
- Gordon in Orvieto semester program: https://www.gordon.edu/academics/unde…
- “Blue Swallows” by Howard Nemerov: https://allpoetry.com/The-Blue-Swallows
- “Truth and Method” by Hans-Georg Gadamer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_a…
