{"id":102078,"date":"2016-08-29T14:27:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=102078"},"modified":"2016-08-29T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T18:27:27","slug":"father-daniel-berrigan-poet-priest-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/29\/father-daniel-berrigan-poet-priest-prophet\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Daniel Berrigan: Poet, Priest, Prophet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/berrigan-hero-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102082\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/berrigan-hero-image.jpg\" alt=\"berrigan hero image\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/paris-review-berrigan-main-rev.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/paris-review-berrigan-main-rev.jpg\" alt=\"paris review berrigan main rev\" width=\"600\" height=\"2969\" \/><\/a><em>Nathan Gelgud has illustrated for<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>The Paris Review<em>, Nike, Random House,\u00a0<\/em><em>NYRB Classics, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Ford Foundation, and <\/em>The Believer<em>. 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