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- 1968 July 7 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.
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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: "I'm sorry everyone is bugging you about Latitudes 5. As a matter of fact I hadn't read the Ranieri"... Contents index: «Latitudes» magazine 5 / manuscript of Harry Taylor / Merton discussing the relative appropriateness of his work being featured in Playboy magazine and the American attitude toward sex.
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- English
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Copied from item at auction (content copyright held by the Trustees of the Merton Legacy Trust).