Block Island

by Daniel Berrigan

Book by Berrigan, Daniel

Paperback

Published January 1, 1985

About the author

Daniel Joseph Berrigan (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, college professor, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author.

Reviews

[Kit · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrific voice, sense of place.

[Mitch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible insight into the life and soul and mind of one of our most important thinkers.

[Gerry LaFemina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Berrigan's work, but this collection of linked poems that tells a lyric narrative of Berrigan and his friends on Block Island leaves me cold: I never really invested in the lives of these people as many of the early poems seem more driven by anecdote than anything else. Berrigan's capacity to write a meditative poem in the language of the ordinary remains, and his ear remains attuned, but unlike much of his other work, there's not much compelling seeming to drive the work.