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Mark S. Burrows

Mark S. Burrows's most recent book is a new translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Prayers of a Young Poet (Paraclete). He is on the faculty of the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany.

Poetry

The heart of now

This morning, I headed to the woods as I do each morning without a single thought of accomplishing anything in my mind, and why should I? My dog, always eager for...
Poetry

Once

Look, it wasn’t always like this. Once, we presumed we knew what was at stake, what right was and wrong; we imagined this had to do with something as old-fashioned...
Books

The Blue Sapphire of the Mind, by Douglas E. Christie

Philosophy begins in wonder, claimed Plato long ago. In The Blue Sapphire of the Mind, Douglas E. Christie identifies this posture as a good place to start for those who seek to dwell on Earth faithfully and responsibly.
Cover Story

Gospel fantasy

If you’ve not read Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, you’re in a shrinking group....

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