Isaak Scott Cairns, Professor of English at the University of Missouri (USA), in his interview with Pemptousia speaks about the use of poetry and creative writing as a means of expressing one’s spirituality and communicating it to others in a Christian context. He also touches on the writing of A Short Trip to the Edge (one of his published works) and on the writing seminar in Thessalonikiand on the island of Thasos in Greece.