How can we inhabit the moral imagination in a way that avoids heavy-handed moralism? How can we grow in prudential judgment and spiritual discernment while delighting in the books we get lost in? Literature does not automatically make us wise, the artful subtleties of great literature can help us to locate our "our current position on the continuum that swings from self-deceit to wisdom.” This talk will explore the way the Catholic intellectual tradition sheds light on the inward journey of a reader.