Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton
Transcript of Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton
Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton
By MERTON
We continue with this issue of The Merton Seasonal to feature a "running bibliography"
of materials recently published and I or acquired by the Thomas Me1iqn Center.
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1. ["All the way down" - poem) "Tot in de diepe afgrond." Translated into Dutch by Jan Glorieux with cmmnentary
by Dirk Doms. CONTACTBLADMERTONVRIENDEN[Belgium] 10 (March 1996): no. 1, pp. 18-23.
2. "A balanced life of prayer." Foreword by Patrick Ha1i, OCSO. THE MERTON ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael
Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 1-21.
3. "Camus l Kosciol." Translated into Polish and abridged fromSiedem Esejow o Albercie Camusie by Renata Krempl.
TYGODNJKPOWSZECHNY(lO March 1996): no. 10, p. 8.
4. [The Climate of Monastic Prayer) KONTEMPLATJVNI MODL!TBA ; translated into Czech by Wendy Drozenova
(Prague: Zvon Ceskc Katolickc Nakladatelstvi, 1993): 121 pages.
5. ["Marxism and monastic perspectives" - excerpt) "Maxismo e perpesctivas monasticas (Trechos)." Translated
into Po1tugueses by Bento Gomes, OSB. ASSUNTOS MONASTICOS [Mosteiro de Sen-a Clara, Brazil] Qanuary
1996): p. 3.
6. "More than anything else in the spiritual life." Excerpt The Wisdom of the Desert. FELLOWSHIP IN PRAYER 47
(June 1996): no. 3, pp. 36-37.
7. [The New Man ] NOWY CZTOWJEK; translated into Polish by Przemyslaw Ciesielski, OP (Krakow: Wydawnictwo
ZNAK, 1996): 162 pages.
8. ["Seven essays on Albert Camus" from The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton] SIEDEM ESEJOW 0 ALBERCIE
CAJvJUS; translated into Polish by Renata Krempl with a Supplement by Czeslaw Milosz (Bydgoszcz, Poland:
Wydawnictwo Homini, 1996); 232 pages. [Cena 9, 90 zl.]
9. THOMAS MERTON 'S FOUR POEMS IN FRENCH; with translation into English by Rupert E. Pickens and Afterword
by Robert E. Daggy (Lexington, Kentucky: The Anvi l Press, 1996): 53 pages [$75.00 hardcover - Limited edition
of 100 copies].
10. [Thoughts in Solitude - excerpt) "Overdenkingen in de eenzaamheid." Translated into Dutch by Constant Broos.
CONTACTBLADMERTONVRIENDEN [Belgium] 10 (March 1996): no. 1, pp. 5~6.
11. "Time of transition: a select ion ofletters from the earliest correspondence of Thomas Merton and Ernesto Cardenal."
Edited by Christine M. Bochen; translations by Roberto S. Goizueta. THE MERTON ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael
Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 162-200.
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l. Archdeacon, Denis. "A mountain at the centre of the earth." Review of Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation I The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume One 1939-194/; edited by Patrick Hait, OCSO. CATHOLIC
HERALD [London] (23 February 1996): p. 6.
2. Badaracco, Claire. "Animated outsiders: echoes of Merton in Hampi, Norris, Di llard, and Ehrlich." THE MERTON
ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 150-161.
3. Becat, Andre, & Milon, Gerrard. "Un Pradeen celebre: Thomas Merton." CONFLENT[Prades, France] 36 (Janu
ary-February 1996): no. 199, pp. 39-41.
4. Beltran Llavador, Fernando. "Dos estudios de oportunidad sobre Thomas Merton." CJSTERClUM 47 (OctoberDecember 1995): no. 203, pp. 743-758.
5. Beltran Llavador, Fernando. LA CONTEMPLACION EN LA ACClON: THOMAS MERTON; prologue by Francisco Rafael de Pascual, OCSO (Madrid: San Pablo, 1996): 172 pages. [Collection Testigos # 25.]
6. Beltran Llavador, Fernando. "Thomas Merton y la identidad de! hombre nuevo." in EL SOL A MEDIANOCHE: LA EXPERIENCIA MIST/CA, TRADICJON Y ACTUAL/DAD; edited by Luce Lopez-Baralt and Lorenzo Piera for the Centro Internacional de Estudios Misticos (Madrid: Editorial Trotta, 1996): pp. 119-134.
7. Bodo, Murray, OFM. "At Merton's hermitage." IMAGE: A JOURNAL OF THE ARTS AND RELIGJON( l996):
no. 12,pp. 103-115.
8. Broos, Constant. "Stan Broos over Thomas Merton." CONTA CTBLAD MERTONVRIENDEN [Belgium] 10 (March 1996): no. 1, p. 17.
9. Broos, Constant. '"Your Heart is My Hermitage': Het weekend in Southampton 17-19 mei 1996." CONTACTBLAD
MERTONVRJENDEN[Belgium] 10 (March 1996): no. 1, p. 43.
10. Brown, Kathy. "Moonlight in the soul: Thomas Merton's glowing start as a monk." Review of Entering the
Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer I The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume Two 1941-1952; edited by Jonathan Montaldo. LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER (14 April 1996): p. E4.
11. Burton-Christie, Douglas. "[Review of] Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Thomas Merton in Times of Crisis; edited by William H. Shannon." THE MERTON ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 246-254.
12. Callaghan, Annice, RSCJ. "The development of Thomas Merton 's Christ-consciousness." THE AMERICAN
BENEDICTINE REVEIW 47 (March 1996): no. 1, pp. 99-1 13 .
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13. Cardenal, Ernesto. "Cas cavcrnas [The caves)." Poem. Translated from Spanish into English by Olga Mouromzeff
and David Scott. THE MERTON JOURNAL fEngland) 3 (Easter 1996): no. I, pp. 66-69.
14. Carr, Anne E. "Prose into prayer: Merton in his journals." Review of Run to the Mountain: The Sto1 J1 of a Vocation
I The Journals o.f Tho111as Merton, Volume One 1939 - 1941, edited by Patrick JI art, OCSO; Entering the Silence:
Beco111ing a Monk and Writer I The Joumals of Thomas Mer/011, Volume Tivo 194 I - I 952; edited by Jonathan
Montaldo; and A Search }or Solitude: Pursuing the Monks True Life I The Journals of Tho111as Merion, Volume
Three, 1952-1960, edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham. CHRlSTJAN CENTURY(22- 29 May 1996): pp. 570-571.
15. Cassani , Genevieve, SSND. "Outer and inner landscapes." Review of Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and
Writer I The Journals of Thomas Merion, Volume Two 1941 - 1952; edited by Jonathan Montaldo. TJ!E MERTON
SEASONAL 21 (Spring 1996): no. I , pp. 23-25.
16. Collier, Trent Bryce. A MADMAN RUNS TO THE EAST: THOMAS MERTON AND ZEN BUDDHISM; senior
honors paper (Delaware, Ohio: Ohio Wesleyan University, 1996): 79 pages.
17. Combs, Joan. "Brother monk in collected essays." Review of Thomas Merton, My Brother: His Journey lo Free
dom, Compassion, and Final Integration, by M. Basil Pennington, OCSO. TIIE MERTON SEASONAL 2 1 (Spring
1996): no. 1, pp. 26-27.
18. Conn, Joann Wolski. "[Review of] Thomas Merton in Search of His Soul: A Jungian Perspective, by Robert G.
Walsdron." THE MERTON ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press,
1995): pp. 258-261.
19. Daggy, Robert Edward. "A Merton mailbag (from here and there)." TIIE MERTON SEASONAL 21 (Spring 1996):
no. I, p. 3.
20. Daggy, Robert Edward. "[Review of] Passion.for Peace: The Social Essays, by Thomas Merton [ed. William H. Shannon]." AMERICA 174 (13 April 1996): no. 12, pp. 28-29.
21. Del Prete, Thomas. "Culture and the formation of personal identity: dilcmna and dialectic in Thomas Merton's
teaching." THE MERTON ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press,
1995): pp. I 05-121.
22. Doms, Dirk. "Bij 'A ll the Way Down."' CONTACTBLADMERTONVRIENDEN [Belgium] 10 (March 1996): no.
1, pp. 22-23.
23. Doms, Dirk. " Editoriaal." CONTACTBLAD MERTONVRIENDEN [Belgium) 10 (March 1996): no. I, pp. 3-4.
24. Doms, Dirk. "Thomas Merton en Julian van Norwich." CONTACTBLAD MERTONVRIENDEN [Belgium] 10
(March 1996): no. 1, pp. 7-16.
25. Doriot, Jeanne, SP. "Four Poems: Jubilee; D Lama visits T Merton (or summit at Gethsemani); At first glance
Merton; Vocation ( 1941-1968)." THE MERTON SEASONAL 21 (Spring 1996): no. I, pp . 19-22.
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26. Downey, Michael. "Collision course 10 I: the monastery, the academy, and the corporation." THE MERTON AN
NUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegevi lle, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. ix-xii.
27. Downey, Michael. "Daughter of Carmel; son ofCiteaux: a friendship endures I an interview about Thomas Merton with Angela Collins, OCD." lnterveiw by Michael Downey; edited by Andrew Hartmans. THE MERTON ANNUAL
8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 201-220.
28. Drozenova, Wendy, & Hejna, Marketa. "Thomas Merton: portret." AD: MAGAZJN PRO MLADE [Prague]
(1994): no. 12, pp. 26-28.
29. Dulles, Avery, SJ. "The lure of Catholicism: Merton 's generation and our own." NEW OXFORD REVIEW 62 (March 1995): no. 2, pp. 6-14.
30. Finley, Mitch. "(Review of] Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Thomas Merton in Times of Crisis; edited by William H. Shannon and Run to the Mountain: The Stmy of a Vocation I The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume
One 1939-1941; edited by Patrick Hart, OCSO." ST. ANTHONY MESSENGER I 04 (June 1996): no. l , pp. 50-5 1.
31. Fox, Matthew. CONFESSIONS (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996).
On pages 73-74, Fox repeats the rumor that the CIA killed Merton. He says: "J believe
today that among those assassinated at this time [1968] was Thomas Merton."
32. Franken, Guus. "Mertonweekend 25-27 Oktober Ossendrecht (NL.)." CONTACTBLAD MERTONVRJENDEN [Belgium] 10 (March 1996): no. I , pp. 39-40.
33. Franken-Spee, Maud. " Ikonen, een genadevolle ontmoeting." CONTACTBLAD MERTONVRJENDEN [Belgium] I 0 (March 1996): no. 1, pp. 24-38.
34. Fuller, Roy D. "The virtuous teacher: Thomas Merton's contribution to a spirituality of higher education." THE
MERTON ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 59-74.
35. Gervais, Marty. " Intimate thoughts revisited." Review of Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer I The
Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume Two 1941 - 1952; edited by Jonathan Montaldo. THE WINDSOR STAR (17 February 1996): p. E4.
36. Gomes, Bento, OSB. "Thomas Me1ton, o monge cscritor." ASSUNTOS MONA ST/COS [Mosteiro de Serra Clara, Brazil] (January 1996): p. 2.
37. Gordy, Rose. "Will the real Mary of Magdaia please stand up?" THE MERTON SEASONAL 21 (Spring 1996): no. 1, pp. 15-18.
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38. Graham, Terry. "Sufism: the 'strange subject' I Thomas Merton's views of Sufism." THE MERTON JOURNAL
[England) 3 (Easter 1996): no. 1, pp. 27-48.
39. Hart, Patrick, OCSO. "A celebration in Prades, France, of Thomas Me11on's eightieth birthday." THE MERTON
JOURNAL [England] 3 (Easter I 996): no. I, pp. 9-11.
40. Hai1, Patrick, OCSO. "Thomas Merton's eightieth birthday is celebrated in Prades." THE MERTON SEASONAL 21
(Spring 1996): no. I, pp. 4-5.
41. Hejna, Marketa, & Drozenova, Wendy. "Thomas Merton: portret. " AD: MAGAZIN PRO MLADE [Prague] (1994):
no. 12, pp. 26-28.
42. Hempstead-Milton, Sheila M. "Me11on's search for paradise and his integration of Ruth Me11on, Sophia and Mary."
THE MERTON SEASONAL 21 (Spring 1996): no. I, pp. 9-14.
43. Kerkhofs, Bob. "Bezinningsweekend in Schotenhof." CONTACTBLADMERTONVRIENDEN[Be1gium] 10 (March
I 996): no. 1, pp. 42.
44. Kerkhofs, Bob. "Mertonweekencl in Zevenbergen-Ranst." CONTACTBLAD MERTONVRIENDEN [Belgium] 10
(March 1996): no. 1, pp. 41.
45. King, John E. "Identifying Hammer editions of Merton." Review of An Introduction to Victor and Carolyn Ham
mer with a Listing of the Books Printed at Their Several Presses; compiled by Paul Evans Holbrook. THE MERTON
SEASONAL 21 (Spring 1996): no. 1, pp. 28-29.
46. Kramer, Victor A . "Thousands of words: a bibliographical rcveiw." THE MERTON ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael
Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 221-245 .
47. Lewis, Gloria Kitto. " Learning to live: Merton's students remember his teaching." THE MERTON ANNUAL 8;
edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 88-104.
48. Librmy Journal - Editors. "[Review of] A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk '.s True life I The Journals of
Thomas Merton, Volume Three, 1952 - 1960; edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham." LIBRARY JOURNAL (I May
1996): p. 100.
49. Lopez, Maria Luisa. "La paz en Thomas Me11on." JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
3 ( 1995): pp. 14-27.
50. Lopez, Maria Luisa. "Lo santo en Mc11on." SAPIENT/A: THE EICH! UNIVERSITY REVIEW [Osaka] 30 (Febru
ary 1996): pp. 181-200.
5 1. McKenna, Thomas F., CM. "A voice in the postmodern wilderness: Merton on monastic renewal." THE MERTON
ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 122-J 37.
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52. Milon, Gerard, & Becat, Andre. "Un Pradeen celebre: Thomas Merton." CONFLENT [Prades, France] 36 (Janu
m-y-Fcbruary 1996): no. 199, pp. 39-41.
53. Neuman, Matthias, OSB. "Revisiting Zen and the Birds of Appetite after twenty-five years." THE MERTON AN
NUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 138-149.
54. Nevin, Lindsay. "[Review ofJ A Seven Day Journey with Thomas Merton, by Esther de Waal." THE MERTON JOURNAL [England] 3 (Easter 1996): no. 1, p. 70.
55. O 'Connell, Patrick F. "'And called it macaronic': an unpublished early poem of Thomas Merton." THE MERTON
SEASONAL 21 (Spring 1996): no. 1, pp. 7-8.
56. Padovano, Anthony T. A RETREAT WITH THOMAS MERTON: BECOMING WHO WE ARE (Cincinnati, Ohio:
St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1995): 112 pages. [$7.95 paperback]
57. Paguio, Erlinda G. "[Review of] A Catch of Anti-Letters, by Thomas Merton and Robert Lax." THE MERTON ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 254-257.
58. Paguio, Erlinda G. "Thomas Merton and the saints of Carmel." SPIRITUAL l/FE 42 (Summer 1996): no. 2, pp.
74-86.
59. Palmer, Parker J. "Contemplation reconsidered: the human way in." THE MERTON ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael
Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 22-37.
60. Pearson, Paul M. "'By their metaphors shall you know them': Thomas Me11on's use of autobiographical meta
phors." THE MERTON JOURNAL [England] 3 (Easter 1996): no. 1, p. 49-56.
61. Publishers Weekly - Editors. "[Review of] A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk '.s True Life I The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume Three, 1952- 1960; edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY(l3
May 1996): pp. 68-69.
62. Ruttle, Paul, CP. "Voice of the stranger: Merton's penetration of the myste1-y of the Maya." CISTERClAN STUD
IES QUARTERLY31 (1996): no. 2, pp. 203-214.
63. Shannon, William Henry. SEEDS OF PEACE: CONTEMPLATION AND NON-VIOLENCE (New York: Cross-road, 1996): vi, 181 pages. [$14.95 paperback]
64. Sochon, Jan. "Dar uwagi (Korespondencja Thomas Merton - Czeslaw Milosz)." In U DRZWI GODOT: SZKICE 0 POEZJI, FILOZOF/11 TEOLOGIJ, by Jan Sochon (Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Archidiecezji Warszawskiej, 1995):
pp. 89-93.
65. Sullivan, Danny. "[Review ofJ Rediscovering Holiness: The Search for the Sacred Today, by Melvyn Matthews." THE MERTON JOURNAL [England] 3 (Easter 1996): no. I , p. 70-7 1.
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66. Talbott, Harold. "The Jesus lama: Thomas Merton in the Himalayas I an interview." THE MERTON JOURNAL
[England] 3 (Easter 1996): no. 1, p. 2-8.
67. Tastard, Terry. "The mystery of God." THE MERTON.JOURNAL [England] 3 (Easter 1996): no. 1, p. 12-22.
68. Thomson, Clarence. "Merton's journals reflect on nearly everything." Review of Run to the Mountain : The Sto1y
of a Vocation I The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume One 1939 - 1941, edited by Patrick Hart, OCSO; Entering
the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer I The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume Two 1941 - 1952; edited by Jonathan Montaldo. NATIONAL CATHOLJC REPORTER (8 March 1996): p. 4.
69. Thomson,_ Ian. "Mount Saint Bernard." THE MERTON JOURNAL [England] 3 (Easter 1996): no. 1, p. 23-26.
70. Tobin, Mary Luke, SL. "Merton and Berrigan: an extraordina1y friendship, two extraordinmy spirits." lnAPOSTLE
OF PEACE: ESSAYS JN HONOR OF DANIEL BERRIGAN; edited by John Dear, SJ (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis
Books, 1996): pp. 210-2 13.
71. Uebbing, James. "The poet who fell off the map: Robert Lax on the island of Pahnos." COMMONWEAL (I 9 April
1996): pp. 13-17.
72. Upton, Julia Ann, RSM. "Humanizing the university: adding the contemplative dimcnsi.on." THE MERTON AN
NUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 75-87.
73. Voiles, Kenneth M. "Prades (Merton 's birthplace): a poem." THE MERTON SEASONAL 21 (Spring 1996): no. I ,
p. 6.
74. Wadell, Paul J., CP. "The human way out: the friendship of charity as a countercultural practice." THE MERTON
ANNUAL 8; edited by Michael Downey (Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1995): pp. 38-58.
75. Wainwright, C. Anthony. MOMENT OF TRUTH: LETTERS; collected and edited by C. Anthony Wainwright (Miami, Florida: KA R Printing, 1990): 175 pages.
A letter from Merton with brief introduction appears on pp. 9-12. Wainwright obvi
ously doesn 't know Merton well since he remarks: "Father Me1ton never spoke after taking his vows." The Jetter is included in Witness to Freedom (1994): pp. 253-254.
76. Zuercher, Suzanne, OSB. MERTON: AN ENNEAGRAM PROFILE (Noh·e Dame, Indiana: Ave Maria Press, 1996): 215 pages. [$9.95 paperback]