James Matthew Wilson

Mr. Wilson is the director of the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston.

James Matthew Wilson is the director of the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Saint Thomas in Houston.

By James Matthew Wilson June 10, 2021

A review of The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos, by Sohrab Ahmari.

By James Matthew Wilson February 18, 2021

So, fall in flakes, descend…

By James Matthew Wilson January 21, 2021

This wall of glass…

By James Matthew Wilson June 18, 2020

Why must I be the first one out…

By James Matthew Wilson April 16, 2020

A review of Longing for an Absent God: Faith and Doubt in Great American Fiction, by Nick Ripatrazone.

By James Matthew Wilson December 19, 2019

The joys of fatherhood are great, not least to lull your gentle weight…

By James Matthew Wilson August 8, 2019

The heron rises overhead, as we push off the reeded shore…

By James Matthew Wilson April 18, 2019

‘The panting ideologues locked in their rooms hear the word ‘order’ and cry out in fear…’

By James Matthew Wilson February 7, 2019

“Not long ago, it seemed the fashion to preach that man was born alone…”

By James Matthew Wilson October 11, 2018

James Matthew Wilson reviews The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis, by Alan Jacobs.