Thomas Merton

This correspondence, full of warmth, candor, and humor, reflects the friendship of two men who worked to reconcile their intense spirituality with an urgent sense of social justice in a violent and troubled time.

Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton's Dance with the Feminine is a unique, unified, multi-genre work that includes dialogue, imaginary letters, poems, and reflective essays by two established Canadian poets. Taking cues from Merton himself, Susan and John establish a playful, jazzy, dialogic tone -- superabundantly alive.

This unique reflection was prompted by an invitation Matthew Fox received to speak on the centennial of Thomas Merton's birth.

Born in 1915, Thomas Merton went through a lifelong journey of exploration, discovery and insight. The influences on his thought were numerousfrom Eastern spirituality to Jonathan Swift and Albert Camusand the influence of his writings on Catholic spirituality is profound and unalterable.