Margaret H. Willison

is a writer, podcaster, and educator based in Boston, MA. Her specialty is teaching people how to make connections between the art they love and their own lives. From Jane Austen to Taylor Swift, if a bookish brunette loves it, Margaret has probably designed a program dedicated to it. If she’s done her job right, you will leave her classes with a deeper understanding of both the texts you study and yourself.

Check out my previous class

Mansfield Park: Adaptation as Empathy is a 7-week long virtual workshop I ran in spinrg 2025. Every Monday night from March 3rd-April 14th, we will gathered to discuss Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, using adaptation as a lens to enrich our understanding of the text. If this class sounds interesting to you, you can purchase access to the archived class recordings to get a sense of what it was like. I will share our reading pace, discussion questions, and writing exercises in case you want to work your way through the course in a self-guided format.

Testimonials from past students:

“Margaret’s Taylor Swift pilgrimage was one of the most special experiences of my life. To have designated time to discuss work that means so much to me with a group of people who feel the same, to focus on rest, to have a chance to think about what the sacred looks like in my non-religious life-- I'll carry it with me forever.” - Melody Rowell, podcast producer and member of Margaret’s 2024 Taylor Swift Pilgrimage.