Interviews Archives - Jessica Hooten Wilson

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

What happens when an iconic author leaves behind an unfinished work? In this insightful interview, Jessica Hooten Wilson dives deep into Flannery O’Connor’s final, incomplete novel. Jessica discusses the challenges of interpreting O’Connor’s work and the “difficult work of digging” into its themes of grace,…

Jessica Hooten WilsonFebruary 16, 2024

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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

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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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The Great Books | Episode 186: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

John starts with the question: what makes Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky a great book? In this podcast we identify and talk about the big questions Dostoevsky asks in this text; "What does it mean to be a human being?," "Can we make ourselves…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJuly 1, 2021

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Bishop Barron Presents Jessica Hooten Wilson: Conversations at the Crossroads

Watch Bishop Barron and I discuss caring for the soul through human formation. We discuss topics such as the humanities within education, Flannery O’Connor, Dostoevsky, Walker Percy, and numerous other aspects of personal and societal development and integration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAK1oybyJBc Follow Bishop Barron here: Bishop Barron…

Jessica Hooten WilsonJuly 1, 2021

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On Being Human: Jessica Hooten Wilson

Recorded session from our staff retreat by Jessica Hooten Wilson How to Read with Humility and Hospitality How we read is as important as what we read. In this brief conversation, let's go over how to discern what's worth reading and how to read well.…

Jessica Hooten WilsonApril 13, 2021

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The Great Books Podcast Episode 134: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Click here to listen to this podcast episode on the National Review website. John J. Miller is joined by Jessica Hooten Wilson of John Brown University to discuss Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground.

Jessica Hooten WilsonJune 2, 2020

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First Things Podcast Interview by Mark Bauerlein on Incarnational Realism

Click here to listen to this podcast episode on the First Things website. The latest installment in an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. On this episode, Jessica Hooten Wilson discusses Flannery O’Connor, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and her book Giving the Devil His Due.

Jessica Hooten WilsonFebruary 27, 2020

Interviews

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

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

The Great Books | Episode 186: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Bishop Barron Presents Jessica Hooten Wilson: Conversations at the Crossroads

On Being Human: Jessica Hooten Wilson

The Great Books Podcast Episode 134: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

First Things Podcast Interview by Mark Bauerlein on Incarnational Realism

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