John Wilson

Michael Connelly is a historian of the present, telling us what is “happening” with immediacy and imaginative depth through his crime novels.   Continue Reading »

Daniel Taylor’s novel Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees asks readers who believe that the Bible really is “the Word of God” to think carefully about what that entails. Continue Reading »

The thirtieth anniversary of First Things has sent me back to 1990 again. Continue Reading »

Here I offer gratis a few thoughts about a writing project, in the hope that a writer or two will be inspired. Continue Reading »

What I am reading may lead unexpectedly to this moment, even if there is seemingly no connection. Continue Reading »

A list of a few books that might offer welcome distraction.  Continue Reading »

John Wilson reviews Andrew Klavan’s The Nightmare Feast.  Continue Reading »

How does a writer respond to disaster? After the Quake is Murakami’s answer.  Continue Reading »

These books deserve more widespread, in-depth attention.  Continue Reading »

Cities invite hubris—not only outsized political ambitions but also intellectual ambitions.  Continue Reading »