Block Island
Poems, Photos, and Letters
Published on 24. June 2025
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-61254-718-3 (ISBN)
Description
A Voice and a Poet for All Times It is impossible not to be gripped by the spectacular details of Daniel Berrigan's life. He was Paul Simon's "radical priest" smiling in handcuffs. The Jesuit activist excommunicated by his peers and imprisoned by the state. The unapologetic advocate for society's disempowered. The defiant vandal of objects that fed bodies and materiel to the war machine. And the earnest, yet somehow serene, face emanating from televisions denouncing the inhumanity of that very machine's deeds.
>
>
Embraced by personal and scholarly writings from friends who remain students of Daniel's ideas and lifeworks, as well as images and letters that enrich our perceptions of Daniel, this ever-timely collection is an essential object for poets, activists, the faithful, and all forms of countercultural rebel alike.
>
>
Embraced by personal and scholarly writings from friends who remain students of Daniel's ideas and lifeworks, as well as images and letters that enrich our perceptions of Daniel, this ever-timely collection is an essential object for poets, activists, the faithful, and all forms of countercultural rebel alike.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Dallas
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61254-718-3 (9781612547183)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
06/2025
Brown Books Publishing Group
€18.18
Available for download
Persons
Daniel Berrigan (1921-2016) was a legendary priest, poet, peacemaker, author, teacher, and peace activist. He was the first priest in U.S. history ever arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience against war, and is regarded as one of the greatest peacemakers of the 20th century. He was nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, won the Lamont Poetry award for his first collection of poetry, and was featured on the cover of TIME magazine. He was arrested over 200 times in protest against war, injustice and nuclear weapons; was a member of the 1968 Catonsville Nine anti-war action (for which he spent several years in prison); and the 1980 Plowshares 8 anti-nuclear action for which he faced ten years in prison. He was the author of over 50 books of poetry, journals, plays, essays, theology and scripture studies, such as: No Bars to Manhood; The Dark Night of Resistance; Time Without Number; We Die Before We Live; False Gods, Real Men; America Is Hard to Find; Isaiah; Wisdom; Jeremiah; Job; Testimony; and his autobiography, To Dwell in Peace. His play, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, continues to be performed around the world. Daniel Berrigan: Essential Writings and And the Risen Bread: Collected Poems were edited by John Dear. He also served as a hospital chaplain, and taught at Yale, Fordham, Georgetown, the Graduate Theology Union, Berea College, and elsewhere. For further information, visit: www.danielberrigan.org