SCOTT CAIRNS
Saturday, February 9 at 5 p.m.

Co-presented with IMAGE. Scott Cairns' journey from his Baptist roots into his current spiritual home in the Orthodox Church is the subject of his memoir, Short Trip to the Edge: Where Earth Meets Heaven—A Pilgrimage (HarperSanFrancisco). Poet, essayist, and a 2006 Guggenheim Fellowship winner, Scott Cairns will also read from Love's Immensity: Mystics on the Endless Life (Paraclete), a gathering of new translations and adaptations from Christian mystics spanning the 1st through the 19th centuries. " ... A unique and often compelling perspective on life as a pilgrim." – Publishers Weekly.

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