| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | Poetry | Out of the quiet of a Trappist monastery has come one of the most authoritative poetic voices of our | Donaghy, William A. |
America (26 April 1947): xxvi-xxviii. William A. Donaghy
| 1947 |
| 02 | Fact Fiction Poetry: Thomas Merton: Poet | A Trappist monastery, one might think, would be a most unlikely place to find a poet. How could the | Strahan, Speer |
Ave Maria 65 (22 February 1947): 231-234. Speer Strahan.
| 1947 |
| 03 | Of Thomas Merton: His Word and His Spirit | When a man of some mental stature enters the Church, human curiosity sometimes moves toward specula | Wiess, Frank J. |
Carroll Quarterly 1 (Spring 1948): 4-13. Frank J. Wiess.
| 1948 |
| 04 | Adventures Among Books: Elected Silence | The air is full of strident sounds, noises which assail the ear with terrible dissonance, leaving no | Kelly, Blanche Mary |
Catholic Record NY (19 Oct. 1946). Blanche Mary Kelly.
| 1946 |
| 05 | More Books of the Week | Robert Lowell, whose second book of verse, "Lord Weary's Castle" has just been published is a young, | Fremantle, Anne |
Commonweal 45 (27 December 1946): 283. Anne Fremantle
| 1946 |
| 06 | A Man in the Divided Sea: by Thomas Merton. 155 pp. New Directions. $2.50. | Louisvillians should also be particularly interested in "A Man In the Divided Sea," since Thomas | |
Journal-Courier (12 Jan. 1947)
| 1947 |
| 07 | | Detachment of any kind has become so rare that nowadays we can be refreshed by detachment of the | |
New Yorker (5 Dec. 1946)
| 1946 |
| 08 | A Trappist Canticle | Thomas Merton's present book is a comprehensive record of his conversion to Catholicism. The Poems, | Nerber, John |
Poetry 69 (December 1946): 165-168. John Nerber
| 1946 |
| 09 | A Poet of Genuine Talent | When the "Thirty Poems" of Thomas Merton, the young Trappist monk, were published last year, "the pr | Nims, John Frederick |
Saturday Review of Literature 29 (26 October 1946): 36. John Frederick Nims.
| 1946 |
| 10 | Book Reviews | The excitement attending the publication of this second volume of Thomas Merton's poetry, which | Connolly, Francis Xavier |
Spirit 13 (November 1946). 150-153. Francis Xavier Connolly.
| 1946 |
| 11 | A Man in the Divided Sea. By Thomas Merton. New Directions. $2.50 | Here is Thomas Merton's second volume of poetry which includes also his first set, published last ye | Gray, Joan |
World in Books (Jan 1947). Joan Gray
| 1947 |
| 12 | | The ever growing public of Thomas Merton, young Trappist convert-poet, should be happy about Man in | |
Catholic Messenger (24 October 1948).
| 1948 |
| 13 | A Man in the Divided Sea. By Thomas Merton. New York: New Directions; 155 pp.; $2.50 | Thomas Merton is a young Trappist monk whose work first came to the attention of James Laughlin, and | |
Chronicle (10 November 1946).
| 1946 |
| 14 | Merton, Thomas. A Man in the Divided Sea. 1946 | Religious and metaphysical poems written by a Trappist monk, a new and promising American Catholic | |
Guidepost (January 1947)
| 1947 |
| 15 | | Thomas Merton is a Trappist monk whose first book of poetry was devotional. The title, "A Man in the | |
NY Post (9 December 1948)
| 1948 |
| 16 | Merton's Profound Work | Thomas Merton, Trappist monk, has brought together in "A Man in the Divided Sea" (New Directions. | |
New York Sun (3 December 1946)
| 1946 |
| 17 | Poets' Column: The Messenger | There is some sentry at the rim of winter / Fed with the speech the wind makes / In the grand | |
NY Times (20 October 1946)
| 1946 |
| 18 | A Man in the Divided Sea. By Thomas Merton (New Directions). | This book by a young Trappist monk in Kentucky is "brilliant. provocative-and seductive." | |
The Sun (20 July 1947)
| 1947 |
| 19 | A Man in the Divided Sea by Thomas Merton. | An authentic, and wholly Catholic, poet presents a generous sampling of his work to date. Fresh, pen | |
Tidings (13 December 1946).
| 1946 |
| 20 | Cadence of Organ Music in Poetry | "Thirty Poems" by Thomas Merton previously published are included in this collection. In those poems | |
Times (28 September 1946)
| 1946 |
| 21 | | Two books of poetry issued by New Directions are the only books published today. "A Man in the | |
Times (31 August 1948)
| 1948 |
| 22 | A Man in the Divided Sea. By Thomas Merton. (New Directions.) | A collection of poetry, including a previously published volume, by a distinguished young Catholic | |
Times-Star (23 December 1945). S.A.L.
| 1945 |
| 23 | Ten Poets | Individual poems do not necessarily reflect a poet's ability to create a body of work. Most of these | Moss, Howard |
Kenyon Review 9.2 (Spring 1947): 290-298. Howard Moss
| 1947 |
| 24 | Four Poets | The books under review are recommended as in their varying ways enjoyable. They afford a selection | Eberhart, Richard |
Sewanee Review 55.2 (April-June 1947): 324-336. Richard Eberhart
| 1947 |
| 25 | Thomas Merton: Poet | A Trappist monastery, one might think, would be a most unlikely place to find a poet. How could the | Strahan, Speer |
Ave Maria 65 (22 February 1947): 231-234. Speer Strahan
| 1947 |