MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Brigham, Besmilr, 1923-
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968, 1970-1971
Volume: 14 item(s); 20 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Poet Keith Wilson (see "Wilson, Keith" file) had asked Brigham to send some poetry to Merton for publication in Monks Pond. Merton decides to include her poems in the last three of his total four Monks Pond issues. Included are original letters to and from Merton concerning Merton's thoughts on Brigham's poems and details about their publication in Monks Pond.
Biography
Besmilr Brigham was born in Pace, Mississippi in 1923. Although spending much in her life traveling to places such as France, Central America, and Mexico, she was living in Horatio, Arkansas, the home of her parents, at the time of correspondence with Merton. She now lives with her daughter and son-in-law, the poet Keith Wilson, in New Mexico. In 1971, she published the book Heaved from the Earth. Merton had many good things to say about another book she was attempting to publish at the time of writing entitled The Tiger (Source: The United States of Poetry website, a program produced by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting).
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See also Monks Pond.
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