Excerpt from The Crooked Lines of God: Poems 1949-1954 In 1950 the straight writing, like the handwriting on the wall, that takes us where we least expect, took me to the poor. I had thought that year to enter the Franciscans but something intervened, and I was drawn to a Catholic Worker House in the Oakland slums - fourteen months, each a new crucifixion of the sensibility. The psychology of this phase 15 markedly Franciscan, as I understood 1t, modified by the first imbibing of the Spanish myst1es. Here too came crooked poems, but not so many; already the cramp was setting in. These constitute Part II. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Crooked Lines of God: Poems 1949-1954 (Classic Reprint)

Literature & Fiction

William Everson

Literary

Forgotten Books

First edition. Acknowledgment, table of contents, foreword, notes, regional incentive, bibliographical note, index. An in depth discussion of the works of William Everson during the years of 1950 - 1977. 251 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo.

Earth Poetry: Selected Essays and Interviews of William Everson 1950 - 1977

Oyez

Complete Films of Laurel & Hardy (Spanish Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Virgin Publishing

Contemplative essays by the distinguished poet explore a variety of subjects, including free will, the nature of poetry, and the relationship between dreams and mythology

Birth of a Poet: The Santa Cruz Meditations

Black Sparrow Press

Poetry

William Everson, aka brother Antoninus, was a poet, Dominican Friar, letterpress printer, and quintessential Californian. Originally from the San Joaquin Valley, Everson was part of the Beat poetry movement in San Francisco during the 1950s and was closely tied to Robert Duncan, Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Creeley, and Denise Levertov. A critically acclaimed visionary poet, he was also an important and challenging theologian of his time, as well as being a highly acclaimed printer and book designer of great originality. 
Dark God of Eros: A William Everson Reader, offers, for the first time, in a single volume, the most comprehensive retrospective view of the life and work of William Everson. The book offers a vast selection of poetry and autobiographical writing, as well as essays and interviews: it explores the great influence of poet Robinson Jeffers in Everson's own writing and life; it highlights essays on poetry and poetics, including a discussion of what it means to be a poet; commentary on Everson's poetry by ten contemporary poets, along with portfolio items from Everson's hand press. 
Everson was a poet with a deeply religious vision of life whose evolution from agnosticism to Catholicism eventually culminated in a 20-year commitment as a Dominican lay brother from 1951 to 1969. Theology would shape his poetry and his conception of the poet's role and function, as well as his exploration of ''erotic mysticism,'' for much of his prose is infused with themes of flesh and consummation. 
Everson was also one of the best hand press printers in the history of the book in the U.S. and holds a permanent place in the history of American fine printing. Dark God of Eros features a selection of color reproductions of pages and broadsides that he designed and printed, along with his essays on the history of printing and working with his Washington hand press. 
Dark God of Eros will be of great value to anyone interested in American poetry, California culture, Catholic arts and letters, and in fine printing. It is an authoritative, skillfully executed and intelligent treatise of the life and work of a complex man who was both a great poet and an extraordinary influence on others.

Dark God of Eros: A William Everson Reader (California Legacy)

United States

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