December 3, 2019
James Matthew Wilson’s new cycle of poems, River of the Immaculate Conceptionreflects the history of the Catholic faith in the Americas, from Juan Diego to Elizabeth Ann Seton. Its title is the name given to the Mississippi River by a missionary priest. market. James reads four of the seven poems, explains their relationship to the recent American Mass that inspired them, and discusses the challenges and joys of the poetic form.
link
buy River of the Immaculate Conception At Wise Blood Books
https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/store/p96/The_River_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.html
Watching an American Mass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFoj3viHXnk
JMW website: https://www.jamesmatthewwilson.com/
Resources JMW recommends for aspiring poets:
Colosseum Summer Institute
https://www.colosseuminstitute.com/Summer-institute.html
james matthew wilson The fate of poetry in times of misfortune
https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/store/p82/The_Fortunes_of_Poetry_in_an_Age_of_Unmaking.html
william bear Writing metrical poetry: modern lessons for mastering traditional form
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Metrical-Poetry-Contemporary-Traditional/dp/1582974152
timothy steele All the fun of saying things: Meter and validation explained.
https://www.amazon.com/All-Funs-How-Thing-Versification/dp/0821412604
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