Science Fuels the Writing, and Faith, of a Nicaraguan Poet MEXICO CITY — ERNESTO CARDENAL is a poet and a priest, a revolutionary and a mystic. His poetry speaks of Marilyn Monroe and Charles Darwin, of Spanish conquistadors and pre-Columbian gods. Science saturates his writing. “Science brings me close to God because it describes the universe and creation, and that brings me close to the creator,” said Nicaragua’s most prominent living poet in an interview a few weeks before his 90th birthday. nytimes/2015/01/03/world/americas/science-fuels-writing-and-faith-of-a-nicaraguan-poet-.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A12%22%7D&_r=0
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 00:29:34 +0000
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