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Well, friends, we’ve been delighted by conversations with the lovely Sarah Clarkson and the lovely Sally Clarkson and today, at long last, we’re chatting with the youngest Clarkson gal, Joy Clarkson!

Joy is a PhD candidate in theology at St. Andrews University and we’re so glad that she finished writing her dissertation and is back on Twitter because she’s one of our all-time favorite follows. She is also the voice behind a beautiful podcast called Speaking with Joy.

When we heard that Joy had just read one of our favorite books, Mansfield Park, for the first time, we knew we had to have her on the podcast to share all of her thoughts! In this episode, we defend our girl, Fanny Price, from the haters. We also talk about the themes of charm and respectability vs. authentic virtue. And we judge Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram’s parenting. By the end of the episode, we hope that you will be inspired to read Mansfield Park for the first time or pick it up for a re-read if you’re already familiar!

So grab a cup of tea and enjoy!

Things we talked about today:

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Mansfield Park

To find Joy:

• her podcast: Speaking with Joy
• her website: JoyClarkson.com
• Instagram
• Twitter

Today’s episode is sponsored by HomeschoolConnections.com

HomeschoolConnections.com is an authentically Catholic resource for home educating families. Their mission is educating the heart, mind, and soul in the Catholic tradition with online classes for 3rd grade and above. They offer live interactive classes as well as unlimited access to recorded courses that are available 24/7/365 with top quality teachers.

If you’re a brand new homeschooler or a seasoned homeschooler, head over to HomeschoolConnections.com to see the great resource they can be for your student!

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If you’ve been listening to the podcast for awhile, you know how much we love to talk about literature and the Catholic imagination. However, we find that we’re often coming back to the same handful of Catholic novelists and we wanted to talk to our friend Sergio Bermudez about expanding the Catholic literary canon and thinking about other writers who are influenced by the Catholic imagination.

Sergio is a proud uncle and writer from California who loves Latin American literature. In this episode we talk about how writers influenced by a sacramental worldview end up participating in the Catholic imagination even when they are no longer practicing Catholics, what Latin American magical realism and medieval literature have in common, and how storytelling can wrestle with faith and communicate something that’s ultimately hopeful. We also talk about fighting against the tendency to canonize our favorite writers instead of being willing to wrestle with their art.

We talk about a lot of writers and artists in this episode so grab a pencil so you can add to your reading list and enjoy the episode!

J.R.R. Tolkien

Graham Greene

Flannery O’Connor

Evelyn Waugh

Franz Kafka

Bruno Shulz

Romulo Gallegos

Gabriel Garciz Marquez

Guillermo del Toro

Ernest Hemingway

Shusaku Endo

Mike Mignola

Juan Rulfo

To find Sergio:

• Twitter

Today’s episode is sponsored by Catholic Homeschool Conference‘s Life After High School

Homeschooling parents often need a little help and direction in preparing children for life after high school. With this in mind the same team that put together the Catholic Homeschool Conference this past June with over 9000 Catholic families, and folks from 20+ countries have put together a FREE 3 DAY LIVE event on October 15-17th!

Topics include:

• College Prep
• Career exploration
• Military and Skilled Trade Programs
• Vocation Discernment 
• And Gap Year options.
  

With 30+ Catholic speakers, dozens of colleges, ministries and Catholic resources you and your teens will find direction, be inspired, and get the support you desire. And Haley will be sharing a talk for teens about how to become a writer so don’t miss it!

Visit catholichomeschoolconference.com today for details!

Patreon!

Do you love FoC and want to help us keep doing what we’re doing (and more!)? Well, we have just the thing for you!

Head on over to support the podcast as a patron and get access to special episodes available exclusively to patrons as well as to the FoC Slack community! You’ll also have access to our patron book clubs (new one starting up in mid-September reading Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon!) and receive a cute sticker in the mail from us.

Come hang out with us!

Haven’t joined in on the fun with 4,800+ other FoC listeners in our facebook group? It’s your direct line to some fantastic folks who also care about faith, culture, books, and whatever our current masterpiece theatre craze might be! Join in with the link below.

• The Fountains of Carrots Raspberry Cordial Social Club on Facebook (our Facebook group)
• Connect with Haley on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and her blog
• Connect with Christy on Facebook, Instagram, and her blog

You can listen to us on iTunes, and we’d love a quick rating or review. If you have an android device we’re also on Stitcher. And as always, you can find all links, show notes, upcoming guests, and listen to all episodes at Fountains of Carrots.com.