My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer

My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer

Seven years ago, Christian Wiman, a well-known poet and the editor of Poetry magazine, wrote a now-famous essay about having faith in the face of death. My Bright Abyss, composed in the difficult year…

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