James Matthew Wilson

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Mr. Wilson’s most recent book is The Hanging God.

James Matthew Wilson’s most recent book is The Hanging God.

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First Light

By James Matthew Wilson June 18, 2020

Why must I be the first one out...

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Great American Fiction and the Catholic Literary Imagination

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.

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A Rocking Chair Song

By James Matthew Wilson December 19, 2019

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

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On the Water

By James Matthew Wilson August 8, 2019

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

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For Russell Kirk

By James Matthew Wilson April 18, 2019

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

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Imitation

By James Matthew Wilson February 7, 2019

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

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A School for Eternity

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.

Poetry

By James Matthew Wilson April 13, 2018

This poem appears in the April 30, 2018, print issue of NR.

Poetry

By James Matthew Wilson April 12, 2018

Christmases, my grandmother set a crystal tray of cookies out.

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Poetry

By James Matthew Wilson October 16, 2017

M.A.C. East Lansing, Michigan On either side, the highway’s barren stretch Is dwarfed by the wide wastes of prairie grass, Its pale dry leaves weaved with dark heads of vetch And clumps of sumac shimmering ...