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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-077-#01
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1966-10-08, TLS[x] Blumenkren to Merton, 'I hate to impose upon you, but I am sure you will understand why I do it. One of'
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- 1966 October 8 (Creation)
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9 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.
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Biographical history
"Carmen Blumenkron is a product of two cultures: American and Mexican, though her heritage is "Long Island Yankee," Irish, German and Spanish. Born in Manhattan, she grew up in Mexico City, where she now lives, spending her free time at her country home in Cuernavaca… She writes poetry in English, Spanish and French…" (Source: "Biographical Sketch" from this file.)
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First lines: "I hate to impose upon you, but I am sure you will understand why I do it. One of our neighbors here"... Contents index: [8 pages of enclosures] pgs 1-4, Memorandum RE: "Papal Conference on Solutions to the Present Dangers to the Survival of Mankind", Biographical sketch of poet Carmen Blumenkron / 3 Blumenkron poems: "Laudamus Te", "Autumn Psalm" and "Chalice of Silence".
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- English
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to Thomas Merton from: Blumenkren, Carmen