Today, join us in welcoming Dr Sherridon Sweeney who has a PhD in literacy. Sherridon talks with us about one of her greatest passions - reading to understand ideas that are out there in the world and expanding her mind and her understanding. This can also mean READING THINGS YOU DISAGREE WITH, which is a challenging topic for us all. Join us for this thought-provoking #nonfiction episode.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’engle
The Need for Story: Cultural Diversity in Classroom and Community by AH Dyson and C Geneshi
The Coddling of the American Mind: how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Righteous Mind:Why good people are divided by politics and religion by Jonathan Haidt
That Hideous Strength by M Tinker
The Rise and Fall of the Modern Self by Carl R Trueman
Mama Bear Apologetics by Hillary Morgan Ferrer and Nancy Pearcey
