1967-10-26, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your note about Denise Levertov and the possibility of her visit here on'

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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-B-061-#2

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1967-10-26, TL[c] from Merton, 'Thanks for your note about Denise Levertov and the possibility of her visit here on'

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  • 1967 October 26 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

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(1915-1968)

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Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.

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First lines: "Thanks for your note about Denise Levertov and the possibility of her visit here on Sunday December"... Contents index: plans for meeting at Gethsemani.

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