The Veritable Years: Poems 1949-1966

by William Everson

This comprehensive scholarly edition gathers all the verse, including previously unpublished pieces, written by Everson during his eighteen years as a Dominican lay brother, Brother Antoninus. Taken together, these poems provide a passionate record of Everson/Antoninus's struggle to maintain strict vows of celibacy. That struggle is fraught with dramatic tension, as the poet strives to establish a fragile equilibrium between opposed psychic polarities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574230832
• ISBN13: 9781574230833
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"