Echoing silence : Thomas Merton on the vocation of writing
When Thomas Merton entered a Trappist monastery in December 1941, he turned his back on secular life, including a very promising literary career. He sent his journals, a novel-in-progress, and copies of all his poems to his mentor, Columbia professor Mark Van Doren, for safe keeping. This presents Merton's thoughts
Print Book, English, 2007
1st ed
New Seeds, Boston, 2007