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Merton invites Gary Snyder to visit Gethsemani.
Gary Snyder was a poet associated with the Beat Generation in the San Francisco of the 1950's. He was the protagonist in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums. His writing interests have included ecology and the myths of Japan, China, and of the Native Americans. He knew Merton's poet friend, Cid Corman, and Merton's friend in publishing, James Laughlin. At this time, Snyder was spending some time in the Sierra Nevada mountains between living in Japan and studying Zen. (Source: "Snyder, Gary". Biography from Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography . 2000. Online. Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University Library, Louisville, KY. 9 May 2006. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)
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1966/09/20 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
J. Laughlin of New Directions tells me you are in this country and are speaking in New York |
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1966/10/10 |
HLS to Merton |
I'd been backpacking in the Sierra for a while - came back to your letter. Indeed, I've long wanted |
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2014/04/12 |
email from Sisto, Dick |
Thank you for your reply. I can almost hear your voice. Sorry to hear of Peter Mathiessen's death. |
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[references to Merton: quote of Merton's "faith means doubt" (from Appendix III of The Asian Journal of Thomas Merton, "Thomas Merton's View of Monoasticism [Informal talk delivered at Calcutta, October 1968]" ) / Wendell Berry / R. H. Blyth]
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2014/04/13 |
email to Sisto, Dick |
Speaking of Merton. I was in Kyoto, Alan Watts and David Padwa and some other good friends were |
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[references to Merton: Snyder remembers making arrangements for Merton after Bangkok to come to Kyoto - his contact with Alan Watts - David Padwa- Daitoku-ji Monastery and Oda Sesso Roshi]
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