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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-B-070-#1
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Title
1967-09-24, TLS to Fox, James, 'it may be, for all I know, discourteous to write to a member of your/Abbey [sic]'
Date(s)
- 1967 September 24 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Typed signed letter.
Name of creator
(1922-)
Biographical history
John Biram was originally from England and moved to the United States around 1960. A couple of years later, he would quit his job as a scientist and focus on writing. He wrote poems and includes one called "A Cocktail Party" with this letter to Merton. He also writes about the negative effects of technology in a book called «Teknosis», which would be published until 11 years after this correspondence (1978).
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First lines: "it may be, for all I know, discourteous to write to a member of your/Abbey [sic] without first"... Contents index: asking to pass attached letter to Merton.
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Languages of the material
- English