In this episode, we enter the deadly arena of *Sunrise on the Reaping,* the latest installment in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games saga. Reading this prequel alongside Exodus 1, Matthew 27, and Colossians 2, we discuss politics of spectacle, transgressive art, patient resistance to empire, and the vulnerable power of sacred language.

Timestamps:

• 1:32 – Experiencing *Sunrise on the Reaping*
• 31:20 – Emily on Exodus 1
• 1:03:44 – Tommy on Matthew 27 and Colossians 2
• 1:44:38 – Next month’s book

References: Wendell Berry poem entitled “1993: IV” (from *A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997*)

Up Next: *Giovanni’s Room* by James Baldwin

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 In this episode, we explore Anne Leckie's book, *Ancillary Justice*–a novel of galactic empire, artificial intelligence and fractured identity. In our mind-bending conversation with Old Testament scholar Dr. Collin Cornell, we draw 2 Chronicles 33 and Romans 7 into the orbit of this alternative world, discussing everything from imperial reform and primordial splitting to memory and gender.

Up Next: *Sunrise on the Reaping* by Suzanne Collins

Timestamps:

• 1:48 –Experiencing *Ancillary Justice*
• 27:18 – Collin on 2 Chronicles 33
• 1:00:05 – Tommy on Romans 7
• 1:37:32 – Next Month’s Book

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In this episode, we dive with delight into *North Woods* by Daniel Mason—a novel that, in many ways, unfolds like the Bible itself. In our wide-ranging conversation, which draws specifically Job 29 and John 4, we reflect on the sexuality of creation, the limits of human perception, and the interplay between the intimate and the epic.

Timestamps:

• 1:33 - Experiencing *North Woods*
• 43:22 - Tommy on John 4
• 1:11:29 - Emily on Job 29
• 1:49:32 - Next month’s Book … and Guest!

Up Next: *Ancillary Justice* by Ann Leckie (with guest Collin Cornell)

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