The Measure of Mystery: Three Contemporary Catholic Poets

If it is true, as British poet Sally Read suggests, that “poetry is the language of Catholicism,” then it would follow that Catholicism cannot be understood without poetry. Further, neither God nor Man can be adequately comprehended without the penetrating light of poetry. But how can this be? What does it mean? And what do contemporary Catholic poets think about – and contribute through – their written work? Join us for an evening with three of today’s finest Catholic poets, each of whom speak on how they understand their work in our time and in the longer historical context of poetry in Christian tradition.

A reception will follow. Books will be sold and signed at the event.

James Matthew Wilson is the Cullen Foundation Chair in English Literature and the founding director of the MFA program in Creative Writing at the University of Saint Thomas. The author of fourteen books,…