Mark S. Burrows

Mark Burrows is poet, translator, teacher, and scholar. Well known for his work on medieval mysticism and the intersection of poetry and spirituality, he is in demand as a retreat leader across the US and in the UK, Europe and Australia. His recent books include: “You Are the Future: Living the Questions with Rainer Maria Rilke” (co-authored with Stephanie Dowrick, 2024); "Meister Eckhart's Book of Darkness and Light" (co-authored with Jon M. Sweeney, a volume that was awarded the Gold Medal by the Nautilus Book Awards in 2024); a translation of Rilke’s “Sonnets to Orpheus” (2024); and "The Wandering Radiance: Selected Poems of Hilde Domin" (2023). He is Poetry Editor for Wildhouse Publishing and for the journal “Spiritus” and is a core faculty member of Whitworth University’s MFA in Creative Writing. He lives and writes in Camden, Maine.