Is Shakespeare's King Lear a play about everything? In Episode 3, we'll examine a series of questions to see what the play offers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kelly-kirwan/message

In this episode of Life is Literature, we chat about how writers create engaged readers by luring them with tortured souls and tension-filled plots. From our observations, we find that dramatic characters and friction in a story's conflict can unearth great truths about humankind. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kelly-kirwan/message

In Season 1, Episode 1, we discuss how we can tap into our reading experiences to approach literature. This initial look exposes big questions as well as conventions writers use to tell their stories.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kelly-kirwan/message

Life is Literature discusses the complex questions that literature begs of us. In the introduction we hear a sampling of the questions we will explore. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kelly-kirwan/message