Remembering …

… Late prairie poet Timothy Murphy's last collection prompts outpouring | INFORUM. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

But ultimately, Murphy experienced a dramatic “reversion” back to his faith, following a suicide attempt, thwarted by a call from a “college friend turned Benedictine monk.” Their friendship deepened after this, Syrdal says, with Murphy transitioning from “embittered, estranged Catholic, to ‘all in.’”