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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

Featured Interviews Podcast & Radio Interviews

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

Articles & Essays Talks & Lectures

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

Articles & Essays

The Liberating Power of the Liberal Arts

An education in the liberal arts is one that teaches students to love what is true, good, and beautiful. It frees the soul and makes those who have received it want to pass that freedom on to others. The liberal arts free the soul not…

Jessica Hooten WilsonApril 13, 2021

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: Book Discussion Webinar

Russia’s rich history of culture, religion, and philosophical reflection has been a deposit of wisdom for American artists, religious thinkers, and political philosophers probing what it means to be human. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) stands out as the key figure in this conversation, as both a…

Jessica Hooten WilsonNovember 17, 2020

Articles & Essays

What ‘The Lord of the Rings’ can teach us about U.S. politics, Christianity and power

I always thought the Shire was better than the Ring of Power. To love The Lord of the Rings, one must desire the simple life of ordinary things, of anonymity, of local community, of what can still sometimes be found in rural, small-town America. When Frodo…

Jessica Hooten WilsonNovember 12, 2020

Articles & Essays

THROUGH A LOOKING GLASS DARKLY

How (and how not) to be certain of yourself. When I was a little girl, my favourite book was Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. As much as I disliked cats, the Cheshire Cat defied all expectations with his wisdom. Alice is lost in the woods,…

Jessica Hooten WilsonNovember 12, 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

The Liberating Power of the Liberal Arts

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: Book Discussion Webinar

What ‘The Lord of the Rings’ can teach us about U.S. politics, Christianity and power

THROUGH A LOOKING GLASS DARKLY

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