December 3, 2019
James Matthew Wilson’s new cycle of poetry, River in the Immaculate Conceptfrom Juan Diego to Elizabeth ann Seton, reflects the history of Catholic faith in the Americas. Its title is the name given to the Mississippi River by missionary Fr. Marquette. James reads four of the seven poems, explains the recent relationship with the American masses that influenced them, and discusses the challenges and joys of poetic forms.
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buy River in the Immaculate Concept In the WiseBlood book
https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/store/p96/the_river_of_the_immaculate_conception.html
Look at the Mass in America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfoj3vihxnk
JMW’s website: https://www.jamesmatthewwilson.com/
Recommended resources for becoming a JMW poet:
Colosseum Summer Research Institute
https://www.colosseuminstitute.com/summer-institute.html
James Matthew Wilson, The fate of poetry in the making era
https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/store/p82/the_forturies_of_poetry_in_an_age_of_unmaking.html
William Bear, Writing Measuring Poems: Modern Lessons for Learning Traditional Shapes
https://www.amazon.com/writing-metrical-poetry-contemporary-traditional/dp/1582974152
Timothy Steel, All the fun of how you say things: meter and cheer explanation
https://www.amazon.com/all-funs-how-thing-versification/dp/0821412604
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