180—Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds & the tradition of English verse w/ James Matthew Wilson
By Catholic Culture Podcast ( bio - articles - email ) | Jun 24, 2024 | In The Catholic Culture Podcast
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Poet & philosopher James Matthew Wilson rejoins the show to read poems from his new collection from Word on Fire, Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds, and to discuss the tradition of English poetry and, in particular, meter.
Don’t miss the title poem, a verse setting of a passage from Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae!
Links
Saint Thomas and the Forbidden Birds https://bookstore.wordonfire.org/products/saint-thomas-and-the-forbidden-birds
The Fortunes of Poetry in an Age of Unmaking https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/store/p82/The_Fortunes_of_Poetry_in_an_Age_of_Unmaking%2C_by_James_Matthew_Wilson.html
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Thomas V. Mirus is Director of Podcasts for CatholicCulture.org, hosts The Catholic Culture Podcast, and co-hosts Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. See full bio.
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