Watch This New Interview with Karen Swallow Prior

Spirits in Bondage reveals the earliest published thoughts of C. S. Lewis. However, we find an unfamiliar Lewis—not the mature Christian but the young atheist cynic, who fought in the harrowing Great War. In these poems Lewis dreads the dangerous world that keeps us from living meaningful lives.

In this interview with Karen Swallow Prior, we discuss how this collection of poetry from Lewis nuances our understanding of the celebrated author.