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A Profession in Poetry & Prose–Mike Aquilina


Aug 7, 2018

Mike Aquilina has been a extremely profitable freelance author
for over three many years. He’s greatest identified for his common books on
the Fathers of the Church, however he’s additionally a poet and has co-written
songs with the well-known blues singer Dion. We chat in regards to the
technique of collaboration (whether or not as a ghostwriter or a tune
lyricist), the trajectory of poetry over the previous century, and
extra.

 

Hyperlinks

Mike Aquilina’s web site https://fathersofthechurch.com/

“New York Is My Residence” (a tune Mike co-wrote carried out by Dion
and Paul Simon) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpsVSLUOCGA

A Historical past of the Church in 100 Objects by Mike & Grace
Aquilina
https://catholicbooksdirect.com/product/a-history-of-the-church-in-100-objects/

The Fathers of the Church, Third Version by Mike Aquilina

https://catholicbooksdirect.com/product/the-fathers-of-the-church-Third-edition/

“Hindu Traditions of St. Thomas” at Mike’s weblog
https://fathersofthechurch.com/2007/05/21/hindu-traditions-of-st-thomas/

“Birdhouse in Your Soul” by They May Be Giants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhjSzjoU7OQ

 

Timestamps

Mike Aquilina

2:29 St. Thomas Aquinas’s Eucharistic hymns

5:27 Being a lyricist collaborating with a musician (Dion)

7:05 The enjoyable of ghostwriting

9:18 Prose influences

11:18 Mike’s eclectic profession path

13:27 The fashionable concept of the artist; poetry up to now
century

31:39 Life as a full-time freelance author

32:46 Mike’s work on patristics

35:18 Distilling the scholarship of specialists for a well-liked
viewers

38:09 Extra on Mike’s collaboration with Dion

40:24 Having his lyrics sung by Paul Simon

41:31 Chatting about favourite musicians and lyricists

50:18 “Thomas Christians” in India and early Korean
Catholicism

53:52 This week’s readings: Clement of
Alexandria



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