The River of the Immaculate Conception

By the close of business today, my next book, the long poem, The River of the Immaculate Conception, will be on its way to the printer.  The first copies will be given to sponsors of the Benedict XVI Institute, sometime in early September; the first copies for sale will be a small number made available at the Future of the Catholic Imagination Conference, at Loyola, Chicago, from September 19-21, 2019.  Finally, an official launch is being planned to coincide with the celebration of the Mass of the Americas in the extraordinary form at the National Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, on November 16, 2019.  Details on all of this will follow, but, this afternoon, I just wish to share the elegantly designed book cover, from Wiseblood Books.