Mary Gordon's Close Read of the Journals An Excerpt from On Thomas Merton A Structured Approach I very much regret that it took me so long to get to Merton’s journals. There are seven volumes of them, over 2,500 pages—longer than the whole of Proust, whom I also read obsessively for years. I entered into
Thomas Merton's Influence on the Beats by Robert Inchausti, author of Hard to Be a Saint in the City Thomas Merton, “Honorary Beatnik” It’s hard to say exactly when Thomas Merton became an “Honorary Beatnik.” One could chase the association all the way back to the mid-thirties when, as an undergraduate at Columbia, he first became friends
Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing The many fans of Thomas Merton's writing may be unaware that the famous Trappist monk had much to say about the writing process itself. And his advice is much worth listening to. This volume gathers together much of what he has to say on the subject.
Mary Gordon's Close Read of the Journals An Excerpt from On Thomas Merton A Structured Approach I very much regret that it took me so long to get to Merton’s journals. There are seven volumes of them, over 2,500 pages—longer than the whole of Proust, whom I also read obsessively for years. I entered into
Thomas Merton's Influence on the Beats by Robert Inchausti, author of Hard to Be a Saint in the City Thomas Merton, “Honorary Beatnik” It’s hard to say exactly when Thomas Merton became an “Honorary Beatnik.” One could chase the association all the way back to the mid-thirties when, as an undergraduate at Columbia, he first became friends
Echoing Silence: Thomas Merton on the Vocation of Writing The many fans of Thomas Merton's writing may be unaware that the famous Trappist monk had much to say about the writing process itself. And his advice is much worth listening to. This volume gathers together much of what he has to say on the subject.
