Ep. 99 A Way of Writing, a Way of Living, with Scott Cairns, poet

October 28, 2024 00:49:38
Ep. 99 A Way of Writing, a Way of Living, with Scott Cairns, poet
Faith and Imagination: A BYU Humanities Center Podcast
Ep. 99 A Way of Writing, a Way of Living, with Scott Cairns, poet

Oct 28 2024 | 00:49:38

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Show Notes

Scott Cairns is Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri. A librettist, essayist, translator, and author of a dozen poetry collections, he has long been a distinguished voice in American religious poetry and an influence on many of the poets we have featured on this podcast. We’re talking today about his latest collection, Correspondence with My Greeks, published this fall by Slant Books.

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