He
is born in 1922 to French Canadian parents in Massachusetts. For the next seven
years, he speaks only French. His Roman Catholic faith shapes him; it does so
for the rest of his life.
Even
as a child, he writes: a newspaper, a diary, radio plays, even a novel.
He
plays football in high school, and plays well. He’s offered a football
scholarship to Columbia University in New York City. New York inspires.
World
War II begins. He becomes deeply concerned by the shift in morals happening
around him. He leaves college, joins the merchant marine. He writes a novel
called The
Sea is My Brother that won’t be published for 70 years, long after his
death.
To
continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak
Poetry.
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