About James Matthew Wilson
James Matthew Wilson is Associate Professor of Religion and Literature in the Department of Humanities and Augustinian Traditions at Villanova University, and the Poetry Editor of
Modern Age magazine. An award-winning scholar of philosophical-theology and literature, he has authored dozens of essays, articles, and reviews on all manner of subjects secular and divine. His poetry and criticism of contemporary poetry appear regularly in such journals as
First Things,
The New Criterion,
National Review, and
The American Conservative. Dr. Wilson is the author of eight books, including
The Hanging God, and
The Vision of the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the Western Tradition, and
The Fortunes of Poetry in an Age of Unmaking. Visit his
website.