James Matthew Wilson has published ten books, including, most recently, The Strangeness of the Good (Angelico) and The Vision of the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the Western Tradition (CUA). Professor of Humanities and Director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas (Houston), he also serves as poet-in-residence for the Benedict XVI Institute, poetry editor for Modern Age magazine, and as series editor for Colosseum Books, from the Franciscan University at Steubenville Press. His Amazon page is here.

Superstitions of Progress

Saturday, August 12, 2023


How the Apostles Spoke of the Beauty of Christ

Saturday, May 13, 2023


The First Metaphysical Poet

Saturday, April 15, 2023


I Am Weak

Saturday, June 18, 2022


Paul Claudel and the Poetry of Praise

Saturday, May 7, 2022


A New Theism?

Saturday, March 19, 2022


The Body of Notting Hill

Saturday, January 15, 2022


A New Chapter of Grace

Saturday, August 28, 2021


O Rare Ben Jonson

Thursday, June 10, 2021


Freedom for Form

Saturday, March 6, 2021


Recovering the Theology of Creation

Monday, December 28, 2020


Augustine’s True Story

Friday, November 27, 2020


Our Virgilian Civilization (Or, the Devil Was the First Whig)

Sunday, October 11, 2020


John Paul II’s Song of the Earth

Saturday, July 25, 2020


Real Presence

Saturday, May 9, 2020


Eyes to See

Saturday, March 7, 2020


A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Colosseum

Saturday, February 8, 2020


There Is No Secular Culture

Wednesday, January 15, 2020


A Liberal Christian Feast of Sentiments

Thursday, December 12, 2019


The Law of Art

Wednesday, November 13, 2019


The Burnt Orange Carpet Liturgical Test

Wednesday, September 11, 2019


What Reason Must Know

Saturday, August 10, 2019


On the Slow Decay of Things

Saturday, July 6, 2019


Rebuilding Notre Dame: Form Is Not Fashion

Saturday, May 25, 2019


Go Figure

Saturday, April 6, 2019


Do Catholics Care about Art?

Saturday, March 9, 2019


Pranked by the Cross

Thursday, January 10, 2019


On Being Catholic Modern

Saturday, December 22, 2018