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“That Difficult Work of Digging”: Jessica Hooten Wilson on Flannery O’Connor’s Final, Unfinished Novel

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By Jessica Hooten Wilson In Book Reviews

For Good Mothering Advice, Skip the Mommy Blogs and Look to Christ

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By Jessica Hooten Wilson In Book Reviews

Review of Mary Jo Bang’s translation of Dante’s Purgatorio

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Book Reviews

Review of Michael Moore’s translation of The Bethrothed

Titled "A Masterpiece Novel That Should Be an Instant Classic" An excerpt: "Not knowing much about Manzoni, I was delighted to hear of his powerful conversion story in the introduction. Moore explains how this writer, having absorbed the philosophy and art of Romanticism, then turned…

Jessica Hooten WilsonFebruary 8, 2023

Interviews Podcast & Radio Interviews

Guest on Englewood Review of Books with Karen Swallow Prior and Jen Pollock Michele

This episode is all about celebrating and reading great literary works. Jen is joined by first-time guest Jessica Hooten Wilson, as well as repeat guest Karen Swallow Prior, who are both outstanding guides through the world of classic literature. They discuss the value of great…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJanuary 27, 2023

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Totalitarianism and Literature with Michael Matheson Miller on the Moral Imagination Podcast

In this podcast, Michael Matheson Miller and I discuss how both violence and entertainment and distraction are tools of state control. We discuss Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, some of the writings of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Julia Alvarez’s novel In the Time of Butterflies about…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJanuary 27, 2023

Featured Interviews

Guest on “The Slow Work” by Sandra McCracken

Episode coming soon. Listen to the show here.

Jessica Hooten WilsonJanuary 27, 2023

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Thinking Outside the Box with Andy Crouch

If you wonder about the importance of the humanities in Christian Higher Education, watch this conversation between Andy Crouch and I. Andy and I discussed ways we might innovate to increase the love of liberal arts from children to adults. It doesn't really matter if…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJanuary 7, 2022

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Virtual Book Club | The Brothers Karamazov

In this lecture series on The Brothers Karamazov, Dr. Hooten Wilson introduces readers to Dostoevsky's life and its influence on his greatest novel. By watching this lecture series you will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of this great text. Think of this as a…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJuly 23, 2021

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Solzhenitsyn and American Culture Event

If you are struggling to find a middle road through this world of extreme right and left, the writings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn remind us of the dangers of ideology of any camp and point us instead towards polyphony and beauty. Join this webinar book launch on Oct 29…

Jessica Hooten WilsonOctober 27, 2020

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Why the Liberal Arts? Enduring Ideas in a Changing World

Join our Oct 29 lunch conversation at 12EST on the future of the liberal arts. This discussion is significant especially to our current culture as we become increasingly enslaved to things we don’t love without realizing it! In preparation for the discussion, watch or listen as Zena and I…

Jessica Hooten WilsonOctober 20, 2020

Articles & Essays Featured

Percy and Pence and the American Sense of Scripture

When Vice President Mike Pence delivered his speech at the Republican National Convention, it was like witnessing a Walker Percy satire. Pence remixed Hebrews 12:1-2 and 2 Corinthians 3:17, by replacing “Jesus” with “Old Glory,” the “saints” with “this land of heroes,” and even interjected…

Jessica Hooten WilsonSeptember 1, 2020

Book Reviews

What Makes a Life

This is a story that begins with the end of the world. As a young man named Sam Waxworth arrives from “the provinces” to start his new up-and-coming job in New York City, he watches a long-bearded, seemingly fanatical Herman Nash proclaim that the world…

Jessica Hooten WilsonAugust 16, 2020

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“That Difficult Work of Digging”: Jessica Hooten Wilson on Flannery O’Connor’s Final, Unfinished Novel

For Good Mothering Advice, Skip the Mommy Blogs and Look to Christ

Review of Mary Jo Bang’s translation of Dante’s Purgatorio

Review of Michael Moore’s translation of The Bethrothed

Guest on Englewood Review of Books with Karen Swallow Prior and Jen Pollock Michele

Totalitarianism and Literature with Michael Matheson Miller on the Moral Imagination Podcast

Guest on “The Slow Work” by Sandra McCracken

Thinking Outside the Box with Andy Crouch

Virtual Book Club | The Brothers Karamazov

Solzhenitsyn and American Culture Event

Why the Liberal Arts? Enduring Ideas in a Changing World

Percy and Pence and the American Sense of Scripture

What Makes a Life

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