Scott Cairns is professor of English and director of creative writing at the University of Missouri. His poems and essays have appeared in Poetry, Image, Paris Review, Atlantic Monthly, and The New Republic. His most recent poetry collection is Compass of Affection. Other recent books include his spiritual memoir, Short Trip to the Edge, and a book-length essay, The End of Suffering. His current projects include Becoming God, a book-length essay on theosis; and a new collection of poems whose working title is Idiot Psalms. Cairns was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2006.

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