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Recent Publications By and About Thomas Merton We continue with this issue of The Merton Seasonal to feature a running bibliography of recently published works by and about Merton. Readers are invited to send items for inclusion in the bib- liography to Dr. Paul M. Pearson, Director, Thomas Merton Center, , 2001 Newburg Rd., Louisville, KY 40205; Phone (502) 272-8177; e-mail: [email protected].

By Merton: 1. A Course in Christian : Thirteen Sessions with the Famous Trappist Monk edited by Jon M. Sweeney, foreword by Michael N. McGregor. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2017. xix, 235 p. [pbk]. 2. “Faith and Violence: The Hot Summer of Sixty-Seven” [excerpt]. Compassion: Shining like the Sun. Louisville, KY: Center for Interfaith Relations, 2017: 45. 3. “For My Brother Reported Missing in Action, 1943” [poem]. Russian trans. by Anna Kurt. Foreign Literature 7 (2017): 110-11. 4. From the to the World: The Letters of Thomas Merton and translated and edited by Jessie Sandoval. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2017. xxx, 320 p. [hbk]. 5. “The Living Spirit” [Merton quotation]. The Tablet 271.9210 (22 July 2017): 17. 6. “Macarius and the Pony” [poem]. Russian trans. by Anna Kurt. Foreign Literature 7 (2017): 109-10. 7. “May Song” [poem]. Russian trans. by Anna Kurt. Foreign Literature 7 (2017): 112-13. 8. The Pocket Thomas Merton edited and introduced by Robert Inchausti, foreword by Robert A. F. Thurman. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 2017. xviii, 138 p. [pbk]. 9. “The Poorer Means.” The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 4-9. 10. “Readings from Ibn Abbad” [poem]. Russian trans. by Anna Kurt. Foreign Literature 7 (2017): 112. 11. “Sint-Jansnacht” [poem]. Dutch trans. by Dirk Doms. Contactblad Mertonvrienden 31.2 (June 2017): 29, 31. 12. “St. John’s Night” [poem]. Contactblad Mertonvrienden 31.2 (June 2017): 28, 30. 13. “The Winter’s Night” [poem]. Russian trans. by Anna Kurt. Foreign Literature 7 (2017): 111.

About Merton: 1. Apel, William D. “Ecumenical Bridge to an Integrated Life.” Rev. of Merton and the Protestant Tradition edited by William Oliver Paulsell. The Merton Seasonal 42.2 (Summer 2017): 31-37. 2. Apel, William D. “Out of Solitude: Thomas Merton, and Racial Justice.” Compassion: Shining like the Sun. Louisville, KY: Center for Interfaith Relations, 2017: 39-43. 3. Canta, Angelo Jesus. “What Thomas Merton Would Say about War with North Korea.” America (10 Aug. 2017); available at: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/08/10/ what-thomas-merton-would-say-about-war-north-korea [accessed 11 Aug. 2017]. 37

4. Casagram, Michael, OCSO. “Dom Thomas Merton, 1915-1968.” A.I.M. Monastic Bulletin / Aide Inter-monastères 112 (2017); available at: http://www.aimintl.org/en/2015-05-29-13-29- 49/bulletin-112/fr-louis-thomas-merton [accessed 21 July 2017]. 5. Cuntz, Detlev. “In Dialogue with Thomas Merton: Paul Celan’s after Auschwitz.” The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 50-60. 6. Dart, Ron. “Hermann Hesse and Thomas Merton: Countercultural Affinities.” Clarion Journal (18 May 2017); available at: http://www.clarion-journal.com/clarion_journal_of_ spirit/2017/05/hermann-hesse-and-thomas-merton-countercultural-affinities-ron-dart.html [accessed 21 June 2017]. 7. Dart, Ron. “Reading the Psalms: Thomas Merton, C. S. Lewis and Griffiths.” Clarion Journal (1 July 2017); available at: http://www.clarion-journal.com/clarion_journal_of_ spirit/2017/07/reading-the-psalms-thomas-merton-cs-lewis-bede-griffiths-ron-dart.html [accessed 19 July 2017]. 8. Doms, Dirk. “Het Dilemma Tussen Anachorese en Profetie: Bij Mertons Gedicht ‘Sint- Jansnacht.’” Contactblad Mertonvrienden 31.2 (June 2017): 32-34. 9. Dunhill, Stephen. “Notes on ‘The Poorer Means.’” The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 10-13. 10. Dunhill, Stephen. Rev. of Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of by Michael N. McGregor. The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 65-68. 11. Gardner, Fiona. Rev. of The Root of War Is Fear: Thomas Merton’s Advice to Peacemakers by . Modern Believing 58.2 (2017): 179-80. 12. Gardner, Fiona. “Thomas Merton and Harry Williams: Through Breakdown to Spiritual Breakthrough.” The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 37-46. 13. Glorieux, Jan. “Copycat.” Contactblad Mertonvrienden 31.2 (June 2017): 1-3. 14. Hall, Gary. “Editorial.” The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 1-3. 15. Harrington, Linda S. Rev. of The Cistercian Fathers and Their Monastic Theology: Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 8 edited with an Introduction by Patrick F. O’Connell. Cistercian Studies Quarterly 52.2 (2017): 236-38. 16. Hart, Patrick, OCSO. “Thomas Merton: Een Interview met Broeder Patrick Hart.” Contactblad Mertonvrienden 31.2 (June 2017): 4-27. 17. Herbst, Rob. “News Anchor Grip Honored with ‘Louie’: Longtime Broadcast Journalist Recognized for Work in International Thomas Merton Society.” The Catholic Week (21 July 2017): 10; available at: http://www.mobarch.org/templates/tcwColumns. cfm?ColID=14&ArticleID=583 [accessed 24 July 2017]. 18. Higgins, Patricia. Rev. of Illuminating the Way: Embracing the Wisdom of Monks and Mystics by Christine Valters Paintner. The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 63-65. 19. Hillis, Gregory. “A ‘Fully Human Solution’ to War: Thomas Merton on Christian Nonviolence.” ABC Religion and Ethics (22 May 2017); available online at: http://www.abc. net.au/religion/articles/2017/05/22/4673126.htm [accessed 23 May 2017]. 20. Holmes, Daniel. “Merton at St. Annes” [poem]. The Merton Seasonal 42.2 (Summer 2017): 19-20. 21. Holmes, Elizabeth. Rev. of On the Seventh Wave by David Hodges. The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 61-62. 38

22. Horan, Daniel P., OFM. Rev of The Root of War Is Fear: Thomas Merton’s Advice to Peacemakers by Jim Forest. American Catholic Studies 128.2 (Summer 2017): 88-90. 23. “Icons of Compassion: How Interfaith Advocates Thomas Merton, the Dalai Lama and Muhammad Ali Impacted .” Compassion: Shining like the Sun. Louisville, KY: Center for Interfaith Relations, 2017: 15-21. 24. Kehoe, Deborah. “Beyond the Divide with Merton.” Rev. of Thomas Merton’s Poetics of Self-Dissolution by Sonia Petisco. The Merton Seasonal 42.2 (Summer 2017): 38-40. 25. Kolp, Alan. “Mind the Light: Quaker and the Wisdom of Thomas Merton.” The Merton Seasonal 42.2 (Summer 2017): 12-18. 26. Konechnik, Thomas J. “Thomas Merton’s Spirituality of the Authentic Self” [masters]. St. Meinrad, IN: St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, 2017. 27. Kurt, Anna. “The Universe of Thomas Merton.” Foreign Literature 7 (2017): 106-109. 28. LaMantia, Dorothy K. “Belmar Authors Introduce Parish, Kids to Thomas Merton.” The Monitor 64.10 (15 June 2017): 19. 29. LaSana, André, LC. “Thomas Merton: Notes on Contemplative Prayer: A Study of Merton’s Approach to Contemplative Prayer” [licenciate]. Rome: Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, 2017. 30. Latona, Mike. “Two to Present at Merton Conference.” Catholic Courier (30 May 2017); available at: http://catholiccourier.com/regional-life/monroe/two-to-present-at-merton- conference [accessed 5 June 2017]. 31. Mukonyora, Bella. Rev. of Merton and the Protestant Tradition edited by William Oliver Paulsell. Bowling Green Daily News (4 June 2017); available at: http://www.bgdailynews. com/community/book-review-merton-the-protestant-tradition/article_1f5fe8d5-4ce1-592e- b071-c5df03d89364.html [accessed 5 June 2017]. 32. Orberson, David. “Eros as Koan: Thomas Merton, Monastic Life, and M.” The Merton Seasonal 42.2 (Summer 2017): 21-30. 33. Pascual, Francisco Raphael de, OCSO. “Thomas Merton.” Cistercium 268 (Jan.-June 2017): 275-77. 34. Petisco, Sonia. “The Seduction of the Divine: Thomas Merton’s Experience of Love as Self- Abandonment.” The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 22-33. 35. Pickering, Maureen. “Peter’s Journey of Discovery.” The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 34-36. 36. Plank, Karl. “Apophatic Prayer 3” [poem]. The Merton Seasonal 42.2 (Summer 2017): 11. 37. Plekon, Michael. Rev. of The Only Mind Worth Having: Thomas Merton and the Child Mind by Fiona Gardner. Cistercian Studies Quarterly 52.2 (2017): 242-44. 38. Reinhard, Abby. “A Monk’s View of Faith Inspires a Children’s Book.” The Coast Star People (6 July 2017): 41. 39. Rizzato, Beatrice. Senza Misura: La Prehiera in Thomas Merton. Verucchio: Pazzini, 2017. 99 p. [pbk]. 40. Robson, Jill. “An Exchange of Letters.” The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 17-21. 41. Ryan, Gregory and Elizabeth Ryan. The ABCs of Thomas Merton: A Monk at the Heart of the World. Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2017 [hbk]. 39

42. Scruggs, Jani and Ryan. “Spelling Out Merton for a New Generation.” Rev. of The ABCs of Thomas Merton: A Monk at the Heart of the World by Gregory and Elizabeth Ryan. The Merton Seasonal 42.2 (Summer 2017): 41-43. 43. Seal, Philip. “Thomas Merton” [poem]. The Merton Journal 24.1 (Eastertide 2017): 14. 44. Shaw, Jeffrey M. “Technology through the Theological Lenses of Thomas Merton and .” The Presbyterian Outlook (24 May 2017); available at: https://pres-outlook. org/2017/05/technology-theological-lenses-thomas-merton-jacques-ellul [accessed 25 May 2017]. 45. Smelcer, John and Paul M. Pearson. “Merton as Mentor: Father Louis, Gethsemani’s Creative Writing Teacher.” http://ragazine.cc/2017/06/merton-as-mentor [accessed 19 June 2017]. 46. Thomas, Ruby. “Merton Center Creates Digital Collection.” The Record 139.29 (3 Aug. 2017): 1, 8; available at: http://therecordnewspaper.org/merton-center-creates-digital- collection [accessed 3 Aug. 2017]. 47. Thurston, Bonnie. “‘The Most Hopeful and Living Kind of Message’: An Introduction to and Thomas Merton.” The Merton Seasonal 42.2 (Summer 2017): 3-10. 48. “University Welcomes Merton Scholars.” 9.2 (Summer 2017): 43. 49. Van Harmelen, Wim. “Thomas Merton en Boris Pasternak (Deel 1).” Contactblad Mertonvrienden 31.2 (June 2017): 35-64.