“To say that I was not equipped for this task is comically understated,” Wiman reflects. He was never comfortable with the significant bureaucratic elements of the position. In 2013 he left the ...

On the day that the poet Christian Wiman turned thirty-nine, he missed a phone call from his doctor. For months, he’d been playing with a bump above his collarbone, one so small he sometimes literally ...

Christian Wiman has "a cancer that is as rare as it is unpredictable." A poet and outgoing editor of Poetry, Wiman has found himself, when overwhelmed by the painful disease and pain-inducing ...

The expression of doubt can be a refreshing alternative to most contemporary poets’ disregard for issues of faith. For Christian Wiman, doubt has not quite solidified into unbelief, which means his ...

Books on Christianity too seldom insist readers contemplate Christ's passion as much as they celebrate the resurrection the Gospels claim redeemed it. To witness such suffering and testify to its ...

Poet and professor of divinity Christian Wiman says that there are all kinds of poems he’s turned to during this pandemic. He especially enjoys poems that are joyful and have helped him perceive the ...

Imagine a poet is an accordion. The keys make melody, the buttons make harmony, and the bellows squeeze breath into the poem. A poet is not just a singer, then, but a one-man-band with a rhythm ...

If you were asked to name the fighters who populate the UFC lightweight division, how long would it take you to arrive at Matt Wiman? “I don’t get caught up looking at others’ successes or failures. I ...