A Bilingual Edition of Poems by St. John of the Cross

After graduating from UCSB with a BA in English, the author traveled in Europe, living on the island of Ibiza, Spain, working on an Israeli kibbutz, and teaching English as a second language in Greece and Nepal. Returning to California, he worked at a number of jobs, studied to become a registered nurse, and now cares for veterans at a hospital in Los Angeles. He previous books of poetry, Blessed by the Anawim (2002) and The Daimon Call (1999), were published by Mellen Poetry Press. Non-fiction articles have appeared in professional journals such as Issues in Mental Health Nursing and Journal of Psychosocial Nursing.

Preface by Dr. Angelo DiSalvo; Introduction; The Spiritual Canticle; The Dark Night; Mystical Songs; "Super Flumina Babylonis"; Ballads and Comments on the Divine; Christmas Carols and Apothegms; Poems Attributed to St. John of the Cross