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Prayer and Poetry as Attention: Session III

  • Nova Forum for Catholic Thought 844 West 32nd Street Los Angeles, CA, 90007 United States (map)

The third and final session of our Fall 2021 Christian Poetry Colloquium series “Prayer and Poetry as Attention” with Prof. Amy Cannon (University of Southern California).

This colloquium is open to all USC and Pepperdine students, faculty and staff and will be held online through Zoom.

The first reading is this article “Denise Levertov and the Poetics of Mysticism.”

The second reading is a selection of The Stream & Sapphire: Selected Poems on Religious Themes by Levertov. The full text is available through USC Libraries (hyperlinked above). Please look through these readings and pick 5-10 poems to read and reflect on for the discussion.

Please register using the form below.