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\"\"James E. Person Jr.<\/strong> is a writer, editor, and lecturer who has been involved with the activities of the Kirk Center since its founding in 1995. He was named a Senior Fellow in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

A graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Denver Publishing Institute, Mr. Person worked in publishing for over thirty years. He has edited and written for many literary, historical, and biographical reference works, including <\/span>Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Contemporary Authors<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Rock: The Essential Album Guide<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800<\/span><\/i> and many other titles, including <\/span>American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia<\/span><\/i>. Mr. Person is also a freelance writer who has published over 200 essays, articles, and book reviews in the <\/span>Virginia Quarterly Review<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Modern Age<\/span><\/i>, the <\/span>Detroit News<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>National Review<\/span><\/i>, the <\/span>Washington Times<\/span><\/i>, the <\/span>University Bookman<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity<\/span><\/i>, the Norfolk <\/span>Virginian-Pilot<\/span><\/i>, the Raleigh <\/span>News & Observer<\/span><\/i>, and other venues. He currently works as a program manager in the automotive industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Person was a friend of Russell Kirk and has written and spoken extensively on his life and work. His lectures include such topics as \u201cLosing Sight of the Forest for the Tree: Thoughts on Tolkien\u2019s \u2018Leaf by Niggle\u2019,\u201d \u201cTo Renew and Rebuild Civilization: An Introduction to T. S. Eliot and His Significance,\u201d \u201cA Cook\u2019s Tour of <\/span>The Conservative Mind<\/span><\/i>,\u201d \u201c\u2019Facts Are Stubborn Things\u2019: John Adams, Russell Kirk, and the Struggle with Ideology,\u201d and \u201cBetween Heaven and Hell and the Firth of Forth: The Scottish Ghost Stories of Russell Kirk.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Person produced the first two books on the distinguished man of letters: <\/span>The Unbought Grace of Life: Essays in Honor of Russell Kirk<\/span><\/i><\/a> (1994) and <\/span>Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind<\/span><\/i><\/a> (1999). Most recently he edited<\/span> Imaginative Conservatism: The Letters of Russell Kirk<\/span><\/i><\/a> (2018).<\/span><\/p>\n

A native of Virginia, Mr. Person is the biographer of the Virginian writer Earl Hamner, author of <\/span>Spencer\u2019s Mountain<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>The Homecoming<\/span><\/i>, as well as the creator of the beloved long-running television series <\/span>The Waltons<\/span><\/i>. Mr. Person\u2019s well-received biography <\/span>Earl Hamner: From Walton\u2019s Mountain to Tomorrow<\/span><\/i><\/a> appeared in 2005. He lives in Northville, Michigan, with his wife Lista. They have two grown children, David and Rebekah.<\/span><\/p>\n

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James E. Person Jr. is a writer, editor, and lecturer who has been involved with the activities of the Kirk Center since its founding in 1995. He was named a Senior Fellow in 2011. A graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Denver Publishing Institute, Mr. Person worked in publishing for over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

\"\"James E. Person Jr. is a writer, editor, and lecturer who has been involved with the activities of the Kirk Center since its founding in 1995. He was named a Senior Fellow in 2011.<\/span><\/p>

A graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Denver Publishing Institute, Mr. Person worked in publishing for over thirty years. He has edited and written for many literary, historical, and biographical reference works, including <\/span>Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Contemporary Authors<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Rock: The Essential Album Guide<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800<\/span><\/i> and many other titles, including <\/span>American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia<\/span><\/i>. Mr. Person is also a freelance writer who has published over 200 essays, articles, and book reviews in the <\/span>Virginia Quarterly Review<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Modern Age<\/span><\/i>, the <\/span>Detroit News<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>National Review<\/span><\/i>, the <\/span>Washington Times<\/span><\/i>, the <\/span>University Bookman<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity<\/span><\/i>, the Norfolk <\/span>Virginian-Pilot<\/span><\/i>, the Raleigh <\/span>News & Observer<\/span><\/i>, and other venues. He currently works as a program manager in the automotive industry.<\/span><\/p>

Mr. Person was a friend of Russell Kirk and has written and spoken extensively on his life and work. His lectures include such topics as \u201cLosing Sight of the Forest for the Tree: Thoughts on Tolkien\u2019s \u2018Leaf by Niggle\u2019,\u201d \u201cTo Renew and Rebuild Civilization: An Introduction to T. S. Eliot and His Significance,\u201d \u201cA Cook\u2019s Tour of <\/span>The Conservative Mind<\/span><\/i>,\u201d \u201c\u2019Facts Are Stubborn Things\u2019: John Adams, Russell Kirk, and the Struggle with Ideology,\u201d and \u201cBetween Heaven and Hell and the Firth of Forth: The Scottish Ghost Stories of Russell Kirk.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Mr. Person produced the first two books on the distinguished man of letters: <\/span>The Unbought Grace of Life: Essays in Honor of Russell Kirk<\/span><\/i><\/a> (1994) and <\/span>Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind<\/span><\/i><\/a> (1999). Most recently he edited<\/span> Imaginative Conservatism: The Letters of Russell Kirk<\/span><\/i><\/a> (2018).<\/span><\/p>

A native of Virginia, Mr. Person is the biographer of the Virginian writer Earl Hamner, author of <\/span>Spencer\u2019s Mountain<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>The Homecoming<\/span><\/i>, as well as the creator of the beloved long-running television series <\/span>The Waltons<\/span><\/i>. Mr. Person\u2019s well-received biography <\/span>Earl Hamner: From Walton\u2019s Mountain to Tomorrow<\/span><\/i><\/a> appeared in 2005. He lives in Northville, Michigan, with his wife Lista. They have two grown children, David and Rebekah.<\/span><\/p>

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