This week’s guest is Jennifer Michael Hecht, bestselling author of Doubt: a History plus many other works. Her latest book, The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives comes out this week!

Jennifer is a poet and historian and in this interview, she makes a solid case for the important place that poetry—and other art forms—can have in our lives. “It’s got to be a poet who says, ‘This virtue still matters,’ because we’re at a moment where we don’t even know what to do with things that are not fairy tales but also not physics.”

This is a great conversation that you won’t want to miss!

Links

The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives
https://amzn.to/3SPAfCw

Website
http://www.jennifermichaelhecht.com/

Previous appearance on the podcast
https://gracefulatheist.com/2019/05/16/jennifer-michael-hecht-doubt-a-history/

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For quotes, recommendations, transcripts and more see the full episode show notes
https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/03/05/jennifer-michael-hecht-the-wonder-paradox/

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Attribution

"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/