Flesh Becomes Word The Incarnational Poetry of Scott Cairns

Start date: November 2009 215 minutes, 2 seconds in 11 episodes

Professor Scott Cairns reads his poetry, as well as that of other Orthodox poets.

Scott Cairns is Professor of English and the Director of Creative Writing at the University of Missouri. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Utah (1990). His six poetry collections include Compass of Affection: Poems New & Selected and Recovered Body. His most recent books are Short Trip to the Edge: Where Earth Meets Heaven—A Pilgrimage, Love’s Immensity: Mystics on the Endless Life, and The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain.

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Date	Title & Description	Duration
May 13, 2010	Return Directive Scott reads poems from his collection Compass of Affection and then introduces us to the Russian Orthodox poet Olga Sedakova. Click to play	21:19
Apr 30, 2010	Love’s Immensity - Part 2 Scott reads the writings of three Eastern Saints that he versified for his collection Love's Immensity. Click to play	19:54
Mar 20, 2010	Love’s Immensity Scott reads the writings of four early Church Fathers that he versified for his collection Love's Immensity. Click to play	25:22
Mar 06, 2010	How We Fall Scott introduces us to the poetry of Claire Bateman, a recent convert to Orthodox Christianity. Click to play	12:17
Feb 24, 2010	Quiet Toil Scott reads poems that resonate with the grind of our respective Lenten journeys. Click to play	13:44
Feb 06, 2010	In Progress For Lent As Scott is thinking about and preparing for Great Lent, he share some of his works in progress. Click to play	20:01
Jan 23, 2010	Recovered Body Scott shares poems from an old collection titled Recovered Body. Click to play	17:05
Jan 09, 2010	Poems from the Holy Mountain Scott shares the poetry of Tryfon Tolides, as well as the work of some Orthodox Saints whose writings exhibit a poetic sensibility. Click to play	17:01
Dec 26, 2009	Figures for the Ghost Scott reads some older poems from his book Figures for the Ghost. Click to play	19:19
Dec 12, 2009	Advent Scott reads the poems "Advent," "City Under Construction," "Possible Answers to Prayer," "Blessed," "The Modern Poet," and "Three Descents." He also shares the work of Liliana Ursu, gleaned from her collection of poems titled Lightwall.	25:54
Nov 28, 2009	The Language of Poetry In his inaugural episode, Scott talks about language and art and reads two of his Nativity poems, as well as a touching poem by Nick Samaras. The poems in this episode come from Compass of Affection: Poems New and Selected (Paraclete Press, 2006 - http://paracletepress.com/compass-of-affection-new-and-selected-poems.html). The Nick Samaras poem comes from Hands of the Saddlemaker (Yale University Press, 1992 - http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300054583).	23:06