Slow Pilgrim

The Collected Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Inspirational & Religious
Cover of the book Slow Pilgrim by Scott Cairns, Paraclete Press
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Author: Scott Cairns ISBN: 9781612617336
Publisher: Paraclete Press Publication: December 1, 2015
Imprint: Paraclete Press Language: English
Author: Scott Cairns
ISBN: 9781612617336
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Publication: December 1, 2015
Imprint: Paraclete Press
Language: English

Scott Cairns has gathered every poem he's ever published in book form, and has also added previously uncollected work spanning three decades. A careful introduction by Gregory Wolfe and a tribute preface by Richard Howard make this the ultimate collection of Cairns's work. "Among American poets of religious belief at the present time, none is more skillful, authentic, or convincing than Scott Cairns." —B. H. Fairchild, poet, National Book Critics Circle Award winner "With Dostoyevsky and the psalmists as his traveling companions, Cairns pursues his peregrinations through frustration and pleasure, desolation and eros, step by step realizing 'how / fraught, how laden the visible is.'" —Kimberly Johnson, poet, author of A Metaphorical God Slow Pilgrim was named Englewood's Best Poetry Book of the year in 2015 for the life and flourishing of the Church.

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Scott Cairns has gathered every poem he's ever published in book form, and has also added previously uncollected work spanning three decades. A careful introduction by Gregory Wolfe and a tribute preface by Richard Howard make this the ultimate collection of Cairns's work. "Among American poets of religious belief at the present time, none is more skillful, authentic, or convincing than Scott Cairns." —B. H. Fairchild, poet, National Book Critics Circle Award winner "With Dostoyevsky and the psalmists as his traveling companions, Cairns pursues his peregrinations through frustration and pleasure, desolation and eros, step by step realizing 'how / fraught, how laden the visible is.'" —Kimberly Johnson, poet, author of A Metaphorical God Slow Pilgrim was named Englewood's Best Poetry Book of the year in 2015 for the life and flourishing of the Church.

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