Nick Ripatrazone reflects on a tender and attentive book of illuminating poetry documenting the journey to Santiago de Compostela
Nick Maione, an American poet and Byzantine iconographer, has released a new book with Angelico Press – a New York City-based Catholic publisher – titled Infinite Arrivals. The collection is a mixture of lineated and prose poems that document Maione’s journey along the Camino de Santiago. Maione’s book enters a rich tradition; a literary precedent worth contemplating.
The Camino has compelled pilgrims and attracted seekers for centuries. The route, culminating in the Galicia region of Spain at the Basilica of Santiago de Compostela, has also inspired poets and writers.
