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• The Literary Life Podcast2026-10-06Audio✓ Read

  Episode 348: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Ch. 6-16

  This week Angelina and Addison are back on The Literary Life podcast to continue their discussion series on George MacDonald’s . Today’s episode will cover chapters 6-16. They open the conversation with some thoughts on the disorientation we experience when reading MacDonald in general and Lilith in particular. In comparing this work to episodic medieval romances, they give some advice on how to orient yourself as you read this story. Addison shares what it means that the images in this book are “un-displaced.” After many preliminary thoughts,

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• The Literary Life Podcast2026-09-22Audio✓ Read

  Episode 347: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Intro and Ch. 1-5

  On The Literary Life Podcast this week, Angelina and Thomas are joined by Addison Hornstra as they open a new book discussion series covering George MacDonald’s . This introductory conversation on the book opens with some thoughts on both the book’s title and the epigraph. Addison shares some background on the story from MacDonald’s own son and how this book was written and sent out into the world.

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• The Literary Life Podcast2026-09-15Audio✓ Read

  Episode 346: Finding the Education for Your Vocation with the Hornstra Sisters

  This week on The Literary Life podcast, Angelina and Thomas sit down for another chat with Addison and Ella Hornstra to bring us an update on their literary lives and educational journeys. They open the conversation with some thoughts on how and why Addison and Ella changed their educational paths and goals. They discuss how the girls went about the search to find their vocations and how that affected their decisions on pursuing their education as adults.

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