BROTHER ANTONINUS, O.P. ~ The Tongs Of Jeopardy - 1964 Obscure LP

Description: BROTHER ANTONINUS, O.P. ~ The Tongs Of Jeopardy - 1964 Obscure LP - PoetryCover has split in the seamTitle: The Tongs Of Jeopardy - A Meditation On The Death Of President Kennedy Original Stereo LP Label: Memorare Recordings, Inc. Label / Matrix #: CH 103 Country of Origin: USA Year made: 1964 The political and spiritual journeys of William Everson were the subject and inspiration for much of his writing. He was born in California and began his university studies in 1931. Everson never finished college, but left in 1935 to write poetry. He was a conscientious objector during the latter years of World War II and was associated with Kenneth Rexroth and his circle in San Francisco in the late 1940's. Everson converted to Roman Catholicism in 1949, joined the Catholic Workers Movement, and eventually entered the Dominican Religious Order in 1950, taking the name of Brother Antoninus. He left the Dominican order in 1971 and taught press printing at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Everson produced numerous books of poetry and prose under his given name and as Brother Antoninus. Much of his work arose from his political/ethical positions prior to his religious conversion (notably his War Elegies (1944) and Waldport Poems (1944), which were written and printed at the Waldport Work Center for conscientious objectors) and from his religious convictions after 1949. Critics have had both extremely positive and extremely negative reactions to Everson’s poetry, much of which is autobiographical. Some have praised him for his honesty and intensity, while others have condemned him for dishonesty and pretentiousness. Everson was involved in printing from his youth (his father was a professional printer), but first became active as a printer at Waldport in the 1940's, where he was a co-founder of the Untide Press. Since then he pursued the art of printing with a hand-press, producing both his work and works by others, and became a recognized master of this art. He produced many fine books under the Lime Kiln Press imprint. From the back cover BECAUSE A MIGHTY NATION, as it waxes and grows powerful, also grows corrupt; because a young nation, experiencing an enormous expansion of creative energy, also grows complacent and materialistic; because a great nation, committed to the highest political ideal any people has yet realized, if not conceived, carries somehow in its heart an unregenerate cynicism; because of all these things and many, many more, such a nation, such a people, profoundly distressed by the contradictions troubling it, cries out for some inexplicable event to shock it into awareness, restore it to the reality of its meaning in the life of mankind, and thereby once again confirm it in the vision of its destiny. But when this terrible and hallowing event does actually occur, that nation, that people, shaken to the roots of its certitude, paradoxically seeks to escape the recognition its soul has been crying out for, seeks to evade the obligation to read what has been inscripted on the wall of its heart, and doubling back, seizes up once more the occasions of forgetfulness, in order that it may at last be spared the pain of what it truly wished to know. Unlike a lot of other sellers I make sure to photograph both sides of the record and details I think are needed. I detest people who put up one or two photos or use a stock photo when selling LP’s I do my best to photograph any damage that I can see, so please carefully examine the photos.************All items sold are vintage finds sourced from estate sales and thrift stores in the Hollywood area of Southern California.I do my best to catalog any flaws I find in the description of the item.I do not accept order cancellations for any reason other than I have not shipped the item in the time I promisedYour purchase helps me continue to fund my artistic work as a photographer in Hollywood California. It also helps me to feed my increasingly finicky cat who now only wants the most expensive cat food

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