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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Anderson, James Bruce".
James Bruce Anderson served as editor for a journal of poetry called the "Charlatan" published by the Trinity Episcopal Church in Iowa City.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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| 1. |
1963/10/04 |
TLS to Merton |
Trinity Parish is going to publish a journal of poetry, prints, and essays, to appear twice each |
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asking permission to publish some of Merton's poetry
«detailed view» |
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1963/10/29 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Please forgive the long delay. I have been wanting to send you something. All my poems are "out" |
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Merton sends notes on Julien Green / asks if Anderson wants "abstract 'calligraphic' drawings"
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1963/11/03 |
TLS to Merton |
Thank you very much for the commentary on Julien Green for CHARLATAN. We did not expect to get |
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details of publication / requests calligraphies from Merton
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| 4. |
1963/11/06 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Well, then: here are some calligraphies. They may turn out to be a little radical for you. The |
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group of calligraphies entitled "Flying Signatures" / other series "Animal Forces" and "Vegetal Forces" / Prof. Herbert Burke / Ernesto Cardenal / Latin American poetry
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1963/11/25 |
HLS to Merton |
Due to the tragic death of the president we have decided to include a separate section of poems |
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Kennedy's death / publishing of Merton's drawings / art collector interested in drawings / Fr. Roselip sending poems / Chinese and Taiwanese poets
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1963/12/01 |
TL[c] from Merton |
No, I am afraid that the murder of President Kennedy has left me inarticulate. If anything deserves |
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Saint John Perse / selling of his "non-pictures" / recommends poet Ned O'Gorman
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1964/09/26 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Thanks for your note: I am relaying the information to Cardenal, Seminario de Cristo Sacerdote, La |
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comments for publication on 1964 presidential election between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater
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