Novelist looks at writings, influence of Trappist monk Thomas Merton
This is the book cover of "On Thomas Merton." The book is reviewed by Mitch Finley. (CNS) Help us expand our reach! Please share this article "On Thomas Merton" by Mary Gordon. Shambhala Publications (Boulder, Colorado, 2019). 160 pp., $22.95. Perhaps best known for her novels and short stories, Barnard College English professor and New York state writer -- a title bestowed in 2008 by retiring Gov. Eliot Spitzer -- Mary Gordon here turns her attention to Trappist monk, author, poet and social critic Father Thomas Merton. To observe the 100th birthday in 2015 of one of the most popular and in...
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