The Christian Century invites you to

The Shaping Spirit of Imagination:
An evening of poetry and spiritual reflection with Malcolm Guite

 

Thursday, May 11, 2023
7 p.m.


Join us for an evening of poetry with Malcolm Guite to celebrate the publication of the Christian Century's newest book Taking Root in the Heart: 34 Poets from the Christian Century , edited by our poetry editor, Jill Peláez Baumgaertner. Reading and lecture with a reception following.
 
                                        


Keynote speaker: Malcolm Guite

Malcolm Guite is an Anglican priest, a poet, an academic, and a singer-songwriter. He has written 14 books of poetry, theology, and literary criticism and was a chaplain for 20 years at Girton College, Cambridge, where he remains a Supernumerary Fellow. Guite lectures widely in the US and England on theology and the imagination and on the ways that poetry can reawaken our prayer life. He rides his motorcycle through the English countryside and plays guitar in a blues band called Mystery Train.

Tickets: $50 (includes lecture and copy of Taking Root in the Heart)
Reception with dessert and cash bar following the lecture.
Arts Club of Chicago, 201 E. Ontario, Chicago

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Questions? Call (312) 263-7510 ext. 229 or email [email protected].
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