Early reviews of my new writing handbook based on the the life and work of William Blake

In about a month, the University of Iowa Press will publish my latest book, called My Business Is To Create: Blake's Infinite Writing. The book is part of the press's Muse Series, which features handbooks for writers of all kinds and levels. Each handbook is based on the life and work of a great writer. Mine, as the title makes clear, focuses on William Blake, and it will be useful not only to writers but to painters and musicians, too.

Here's more information: http://www.amazon.com/My-Business-Create-Infinite-Writing/dp/1587299909/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298974106&sr=1-1.

And here's an early review: http://necessaryfiction.com/reviews/MyBusinessistoCreatebyEricGWilson.

And another: http://the-book-garden.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-my-business-is-to-create-eric-g.html.

More Musings on Winter and Melancholia

This morning I had a good talk with Joy Cardin on Wisconsin Public Radio. We talked about the sorrow that often comes with Christmas and the power of It's a Wonderful Life, the greatest holiday film: http://wpr.org/ideas/programnotes.cfm.

Have a Blue Christmas

I was recently interviewed by Julie Rose on Charlotte's NPR affiliate, WFAE 90.7. We talk about how melancholy the holidays can be--and how that may not be such a bad thing: http://www.wfae.org/wfae/1_87_316.cfm?action=display&id=6754.

The Spiritual Value of Failure

Here's an article of mine just published on beliefnet.com. It appears in Jana Riess's blog called "Flunking Sainthood: On the Fun of Spiritual Failure," and it explores how the deepest darkness sometimes gets us closest to the light: http://blog.beliefnet.com/flunkingsainthood/2010/12/saved-by-depression-guest-blogger-eric-wilson-on-how-darkness-saved-his-soul.html.

A Review of The Mercy of Eternity in The Raleigh News and Observer

Here's a review of my new memoir, The Mercy of Eternity, in The Raleigh News and Observer: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/11/21/813377_nc-professor-maps-his-journey.html. The article also ran in The Charlotte Observer.

Interview on Gnosticism and Depression

I was honored this past weekend to be interviewed by Miguel Conner, host of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio. We discussed my new book, The Mercy of Eternity, in several interesting contexts, including how its embrace of negative theology relates to the Gnostic tradition: http://www.aeonbytegnosticradio.com/.

Review of The Mercy of Eternity

Here's a review of my new book in The Minneapolis Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/books/107765358.html.