10 Things I Learned from Writing a Book on Motherhood | Nadya Williams

About this episode

Nadya Williams discusses insights from her book on motherhood.

Christendom’s Department of History welcomed professor and author Nadya Williams on September 10, 2025. Williams presented a talk based on her recently published book Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic. Williams, who holds her Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University, is a mother, writer, and editor based in Ashland, Ohio, where she is interim director of the MFA in Creative Writing at Ashland University and books editor at Mere Orthodoxy , where she also hosts the Christians Reading Classics podcast.

People in this episode

Guest: Nadya Williams

Topics covered

• motherhood
• writing
• education
• classics
• politics
• children

Keywords

• motherhood
• Nadya Williams
• Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic
• writing
• education
• classics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Christendom College, Ashland University, Mere Orthodoxy

Books & works: Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic

Places: Ashland, Ohio

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