Br. Antoninus, O.P.; William Everson, William Oliver Everson, William, 1912-1994; Brother Antoninus

Antoninus, Br. (William Oliver Everson), O.P., 1912-1994  

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In this correspondence spanning eight years, Merton and Br. Antoninus share some of their work and ideas about art, photographs, books, and poems.

Biography

Br. Antoninus, who later went back to his birth name of William Everson, was a Californian poet associated with the San Francisco Renaissance and Beat movements, publishing under both his secular and religious names. He joined the Dominican Order in 1951 after a second failed marriage and remained a religious brother through his correspondence with Merton. In 1969, he left the Dominicans to enter a third marriage. He founded Lime Kiln Press and taught at University of California, Santa Cruz, which not only allowed him to continue his poetry, but also made him known as a master printer. (Sources: Nelson, Cary [ed]. An Online Journal and Multimedia Companion to the Anthology of Modern American Poetry. Oxford University Press, 2000. ‹http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/everson/about.htm›.)

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