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102 - Becoming Cultured Without a Bow Tie - James Matthew Wilson
Poet-philosopher James Matthew Wilson returns to the show to read poems from his new collection, The Strangeness of the Good, including his "Quarantine Notebook" series, and to discuss the decay and renewal of Catholic intellectual life.
Topics discussed include:
The present narrowing of Catholic intellectual life in conservative/traditional circles
How do you become cultured, in an authentic and non-pretentious way, when you're not participating in a culture?
His ideal approach to reciting poetry
The poets we most need to be reading now
What needs to be done to build on the work in Catholic…
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