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SUMMARY:An Evening with Scott Cairns
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Scott Cairns’s new poetry collection\, Against Certainty\, with a musical prelude\, reading\, Q&A\, and refreshments. \n\n\n\n\nDoes writing poetry—or offering prayer—first necessitate total understanding? Scott Cairns doesn’t believe so. A mentor to dozens of poets throughout his years as a creative writing professor and director of the Seattle Pacific MFA program\, in addition to an Orthodox Christian and spiritual writer\, Cairns sees his work differently: “the results of my writing to see what I didn’t know to see\, to say what I didn’t know to say.” \nAnd Cairns has much to wrestle with: in the pages of Against Certainty\, he confronts the brutal reality of a cancer diagnosis and treatment\, the inevitability of death for himself and those he loves\, and the complex tapestry of his Eastern Orthodox faith. Intertwined with Cairns’ philosophical reflections are moments of unexpected simplicity: the silken ear of a Labrador\, the Salish Sea\, beeswax candles\, “a nearly eucharistic caffé e panino.” \nIn courageously facing the reality that he “might soon / join the ranks of the departed\,” Cairns buoys his readers up for their own inevitable journeys. \nWith a prelude from harpist Riko Matsuoka. Q&A\, book signing\, and light refreshments to follow.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/an-evening-with-scott-cairns/
LOCATION:Christ Church Cambridge\, 0 Garden St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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