| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | | Fascinating, exasperating, diffuse, insightful, clear, complex; all these adjectives can be applied | Miller, Louis G. |
Review for Religious 45.3 (May-June 1986): 473-474.
| 1986 |
| 02 | | Thomas Merton (1915-68) was a remarkably complex individual--Catholic priest, Trappist monk | English, John C. |
Religion and Intellectual Life 3.4 (Summer 1986): 133-136.
| 1986 |
| 03 | | Mott, successor to the late John Howard Griffin as Merton's official biographer, has written the | Craft, Carolyn M. |
Library Journal 109 (December 1984): 2272.
| 1984 |
| 04 | | There is something uncanny about this official biography of Thomas Merton. | Knitter, Paul F. |
Kenyon Review 8.1 (Winter 1986): 128-131.
| 1986 |
| 05 | | The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton is the long awaited biography of Thomas Merton | Kountz, Peter J. |
Journal of the American Academy of Religion 54.4 (Winter 1986): 787-788.
| 1986 |
| 06 | | This is a mountain of a book, but it is doubtful if anything less could do justice to so | Ryan, Marybride |
Christianity and Literature 34.4 (Summer 1985): 88-90.
| 1985 |
| 07 | | "When you get down to it," Thomas Merton wrote when he was 26, "Catholic Action means not | Simon, Linda |
Christian Science Monitor 77 (22 May 1985): 21.
| 1985 |
| 08 | | The cult of Thomas Merton was an established reality even before Merton died, in December | McInerny, D.Q. |
Catholic Historical Review 72.4 (October 1986): 681-683.
| 1986 |
| 09 | Merton's Mountainous Legacy | A new wave of interest in the century's most celebrated monk. | Ostling, Richard N. |
Time Magazine 124 (31 December 1984): 65.
| 1984 |
| 10 | | It is difficult to write about Thomas Merton without using the word paradox, and Michael Mott | Martin, Stephanie |
Wilson Library Bulletin 59.8 (April 1985): 562.
| 1985 |
| 11 | The monk heard around the world | In the literary world, the late 1940's are remembered for two book publishing successes | Costello, Gerald M. |
U.S. Catholic 50 (May 1985): 48-51.
| 1985 |
| 12 | | Michael Mott, poet, novelist, and professor of English at Bowling Green University, | Heiser, William Charles, SJ |
Theology Digest 32.3 (Fall 1985): 283.
| 1985 |
| 13 | | Eighteen years after the death of Thomas Merton by electrocution in Bangkok the authorised | Pearson, Paul M. |
Clergy Review 71.8 (August 1986): 307-308.
| 1986 |
| 14 | Thomas Merton biography traces spirit | A biography of Thomas Merton, the late Trappist monk, is a product of Merton's own designing. | Hennessy, Fr. Augustine |
Record [Louisville] (29 November 1984): 5.
| 1984 |
| 15 | | In 1948 the autobiography of a monk was not only a best-seller but likened to the Confessions of St. | |
Publishers Weekly 226 (28 September 1984): 108.
| 1984 |
| 16 | A multiplicity of Mertons | One of my favourite descriptions of Thomas Merton comes from a friend who came to visit him | Lonsdale, David |
Month [London] 19.5 (1986): 78.
| 1986 |
| 17 | | Thomas Merton (1915-1918) spent most of his life as a Trappist-he entered the monastery of Our | |
New Yorker 60 (18 February 1985): 121-122.
| 1985 |
| 18 | The Seven-Storey Merton | On Dec. 13, 1941, Thomas Merton renounced his secular self and at the age of 26 entered | Woodward, Kenneth L. |
Newsweek 104 (10 December 1984): 87.
| 1984 |
| 19 | Many Mertons, Many Meads | The Merton "industry" keeps growing. The first dissertation on Merton's writings appeared the year | Shannon, William H. |
Commonweal 111 (19 October 1984): 560. 562-563.
| 1984 |
| 20 | An examined life: Merton by Mott | At last--the "authoritative" biography of Thomas Merton for which we have waited ever since 1968. | Furlong, Monica |
Tablet [London] 240.7593 (25 January 1986): 90.
| 1986 |
| 21 | The many lives and stirring times of Thomas Merton | We have waited a long time for it--and it is worth the wait. | Pennington, Basil, OCSO |
National Catholic Reporter 21 (11 January 1985): 9, 20.
| 1985 |
| 22 | The many lives and stirring times of Thomas Merton | Often, uninvited visitors to Thomas Merton's Kentucky | Garvey, Michael |
National Catholic Reporter 21 (11 January 1985): 9, 21.
| 1985 |
| 23 | The many lives and stirring times of Thomas Merton | Sixteen years ago Thomas Merton died in Bangkok. | Kinzie, Charles E. |
National Catholic Reporter 21 (11 January 1985): 9, 21.
| 1985 |
| 24 | | At last, the authorized biography! Happily, it is authoritative as well. | MacCormick, Chalmers |
Choice 22 (April 1985): 1148.
| 1985 |
| 25 | | In this superb biography of America's most outstanding Catholic writer, we have, finally, | Milord, James E. |
America 151 (24 November 1984): 346.
| 1984 |
| 26 | | I have a confession to make. | McCormick, Bill |
Catholic Agitator 15 (January 1985): 6.
| 1985 |
| 27 | | While he lived, Thomas Merton's life was a mystery to many, including himself, and since his death | Labrie, Ross |
Canadian Catholic Review 10.6 (September 1985): 15295-16/296.
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| 28 | Thomas Merton finds his Boswell | This astonishing book must be read to be believed. | Lally, Francis J. |
Boston Sunday Globe (23 December 1984): A12-A13.
| 1984 |
| 29 | | Any biography of Thomas Merton is bound to be controversial. | Boucher, Norman |
Boston Review 10 (February 1985): 24.
| 1985 |
| 30 | | I have read most of the published work of Thomas Merton. | Steele, Springs |
Best Sellers 44.11 (February 1985): 421.
| 1985 |
| 31 | Biographies Resurrect Merton's Memory | From his hermit's hut on the grounds of an isolated Kentucky monastery, Thomas Merton | Graham, Keith |
Atlanta Constitution (16 December 1984): 19.
| 1984 |
| 32 | Man Of Our Century | Thomas Merton was first of all a man, a man open to and filled with the anguish of our times. At age | Garner, Marilyn |
Antigonish Review [Nova Scotia] 62 & 63 (1986): 41-43.
| 1986 |
| 33 | | In the unlikely event that a campaign is launched for the canonization of Thomas Merton, | Shea, James M. |
Columbia 65 (April 1985): 16.
| 1985 |
| 34 | Monk and Mystic | Fascination with the life and character of Thomas Merton seems almost insatiable. It corresponds to | Allchin, A. M. (Arthur Macdonald) |
Church Times [London] (24 January 1986): 4.
| 1986 |
| 35 | The conflicts of an activist monk | With the publication in 1948 of his spiritual journey, The Seven Storey Mountain, | Cooney, John |
USA Today (14 December 1984): 3D.
| 1984 |
| 36 | | A year before his death in 1968, Thomas Merton set up a literary trust to look after the | Grayston, Donald |
Christian Century 102 (10 April 1985): 361-362.
| 1985 |
| 37 | Coming to Terms with the Elusive Merton | He was, early in his religious life, a zealous convert and sturdy son of the church. | Wilkes, Paul |
Catholic Observer (29 March 1985): 19.
| 1985 |
| 38 | | The monastic rule of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance (Trappists) had | Hettinger, John A. |
Courier-Journal [Louisville KY] 259 (31 December 1984): I9.
| 1984 |
| 39 | | It is finally out, the authorized biography of Thomas Merton. | Page, Rose |
Contemplative Review 18 (Spring 1985): 47.
| 1985 |
| 40 | Merton as Writing Machine | Often what we find troublesome in others and what we are so hasty to criticize | Kramer, Victor A. |
Cross Currents 35.1 ( Spring 1985): 109-111.
| 1985 |
| 41 | Biography follows the life of an unusual Trappist monk | It was no easy task: to write a 600-page book on the activism of a contemplative. | LaBriola, Carrie |
Dayton Daily News (7 November 1985): 15.
| 1985 |
| 42 | 'Seven Mountains' portrays Merton as complex man | Thomas Merton chose a life devoted to God in solitude and prayer. | Barnes, Michael |
Dayton Daily News (27 January 1985): 6-D.
| 1985 |
| 43 | Two different views of the brilliant Thomas Merton | Although 16 years have passed since a freak accident killed him in | Kenyon, Richard L. |
Milwaukee Journal (20 January 1985): E3.
| 1985 |
| 44 | | This is a very good book, I think, and just possibly even a great one. | King, Nicholas |
Heythrop Journal 30 (April 1989): 217.
| 1989 |
| 45 | Merton biography: shattering the idol | The Merton public has awaited this monument for 16 years, has been pointed by | Quenon, Paul, OSCO |
Lexington Herald-Leader (25 November 1984): F4.
| 1984 |
| 46 | | Following Thomas Merton's accidental death in Bangkok in 1968, his longtime friend | Quinlan, Kieran |
Georgia Review 39.2 (Summer 1985): 448-450.
| 1985 |
| 47 | | It sometimes happens that a person, precisely because of his own unique combination of gifts, wounds | Farmer, Robert |
Messenger [London] (May 1986): 25-26.
| 1986 |
| 48 | Thomas Merton: the hermit as celebrity | Michael Mott is the appointed biographer of Thomas Merton (1915-1968); his | Donnelly, John |
Los Angeles Times Book Review (30 December 1984).
| 1984 |
| 49 | Merton and Us | The summer of 1969 I received a letter from a major northeaster university asking if I | Lester, Julius B. |
Katallagete 9.3 (Summer 1986): 7-14.
| 1986 |
| 50 | Merton Portraits | The apparent contradictions alone are enough to make Thomas Merton a | Briggs, Kenneth A. |
New York Times (20 December 1984), Section C; Page 21, Column 1; Cultural Desk.
| 1984 |
| 51 | Mountain Men | In 1948, one of the titles on the nonfiction roster of the New York publishing | Hubbard, Roberta |
Nothern Ohio Live (March 1985): 28-31.
| 1985 |
| 52 | Bringing Words Out of Silence | In early October, 1948, the firm of Harcourt, Brace in New York | Coles, Robert |
New York Times Book Review (23 December 1984): 1,19.
| 1984 |
| 53 | A Man Outside All Categories | During the six years he spent on his biography of Thomas Merton | Bruckner, D.J.R. |
New York Times Book Review (23 December 1984): 19.
| 1984 |
| 54 | Thomas Merton | Any list of great American Catholics is incomplete without one name: Thomas Merton. | Finley, Mitch |
Our Sunday Visitor 73 (16 December 1984): 12,16.
| 1984 |
| 55 | Thomas Merton: The Many Identities of a Spiritual Sojourner | About half way into Michael Mott's biography, The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton, I began listing | Forest, James H. |
Other Side 21 (July 1985): 62-64.
| 1985 |
| 56 | The Merton Enigma | The long-awaited "official biography" of the Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton has finally | Rice, Edward |
Parabola 10.1 (Spring 1985): 111-119.
| 1985 |
| 57 | Merton: Passionate Prayer-Wrestler | We learned as children that the acronym ACTS sums up the | Loesch, Juli |
Pax Christi [USA] 10 (June 1985): 28-29.
| 1985 |
| 58 | Thomas Merton, the 'tramp of God' | Thomas Merton took vows as a monk in the Cistercian Order of the Strict | Beddow, Reid |
Plain Dealer [Cleveland] (25 November 1984): 18-P.
| 1984 |
| 59 | Finding Virtue in Merton | To be designated the official biographer of Thomas Merton is like being blessed with | Henry, Patrick |
Philadelphia Inquirer (23 December 1984): L1. LB.
| 1984 |
| 60 | The Mystifying Monk | The fascination of Thomas Merton, Trappist monk and world-famous writer, lies partly in the eternal story of a sinner struggling to be a saint- | Fuller, Edmund |
Wall Street Journal 65 (15 January 1985): 15.
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| 61 | | Not as congenial or digestible as Monica Furlong's Merton (1980), this long, dense, quasi-official biography provides | |
Kirkus Reviews (15 September 1984).
| 1984 |
| 62 | Thomas Merton's Pilgrimage | This is an almost overwhelmingly complete biography of the famous Catholic Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton | Ross, Nancy Wilson |
Washington Post Book World (16 December 1984): 1, 14.
| 1984 |
| 63 | Thomas Merton's Dynamic Center of Calm | On October 4, 1948 the New York firm of Harcourt, Brace published | Hughes, John Jay |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (16 December 1984).
| 1984 |
| 64 | | Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk from the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani near Bardstown, Kentucky, | Coughlin, Robert M. |
St. Anthony Messenger 93.7 (December 1985): 50-51.
| 1985 |
| 65 | In spite of all, a real vocation | The sensation of reading these 670 pages is like that of swimming through | Levi, Peter |
Spectator 256.8222 (8 February 1986): 29-30.
| 1986 |
| 66 | | After converting to Roman Catholicism, Thomas Merton (Father Louis), an almost | Rounds, G. Starr |
Spiritual Life 31.2 (Summer 1985): 109-111.
| 1985 |
| 67 | A Solitude That Exploded On the World | Thomas Merton's death left a profound sense of loss. | Hoover, Conrad C. |
Sojourners 14.4 (April 1985): 40-41.
| 1985 |
| 68 | The Burgeoning Merton Industry | A colleague of mine regularly drops off for my perusal the proceedings of a society | Labrie, Ross |
Resources for American Literary Study 15.1 (Spring 1985): 49-59.
| 1985 |
| 69 | Thoroughly mystical Merton | In 1949 I set out to save the world as a teacher in a poor Catholic elementary school in New York City. | Unsworth, Tim |
Salt 5.8 [Chicago, IL] (October 1985):27-28.
| 1985 |
| 70 | In Brief | In a way, all biographers compete with their subjects, but the biographer of a distinguished autobiographer faces | Fleming, John |
Saturday Review (November/December 1984).
| 1984 |
| 71 | A genuine search for God | Thomas Merton enthusiasts and devotees should be very pleased at the appearance of these three books. | Blonigen, Frederick J. |
Reflections… The Wanderer Review of Literature, Culture, The Arts 4.2 (Spring 1985): 7.
| 1985 |
| 72 | Michael Mott gave his all to biography of Thomas Merton | "I've never worked so hard on anything," Michael Mott says emphatically, glancing at the bookcase in his small at-home | Williams, Shirley |
Courier-Journal [Louisville, KY] (4 November 1984).
| 1984 |
| 73 | Rising Above Silence | The Cistercian monk Thomas Merton - Father | Hebblethwaite, Peter |
Times Literary Supplement [London] 4338 (May 23 1986): 559.
| 1986. |
| 74 | The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton | This engrossing, well-researched biography is a suitable companion and supplement | Diviney, Charles E. |
"From the Shelf"
| no-year |
| 75 | Thomas Merton: Writer, Monk and Complex Man | There are easier tasks in life than seeking God in a Trappist monastery | Guereschi, Edward |
Newsday.
| no-year |
| 76 | Review Symposium: Four Perspectives | About Thomas Merton I have two very strong convictions. One is | Cunningham, Lawrence S. |
Horizons 12.1 (Spr 1985): 147-150.
| 1985. |
| 77 | Review Symposium: Four Perspectives | Thomas Merton was obviously intrigued with the contours of geography | Malits, Elena, CSC |
Horizons 12.1 (Spr 1985): 150-152.
| 1985. |
| 78 | Review Symposium: Four Perspectives | Over a leisurely breakfast in Kentucky during his disciplined research | Kilcourse, George A. |
Horizons 12.1 (Spr 1985): 153-154.
| 1985. |
| 79 | Review Symposium: Four Perspectives | Michael Mott's The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton is written with unfailing grace. | Padovano, Anthony T. |
Horizons 12.1 (Spr 1985): 154-157.
| 1985. |
| 80 | Review Symposium: Authors Response | Three of the four reviewers are experts on Merton with whom I have had long and animated conversations | Mott, Michael |
Horizons 12.1 (Spr 1985): 157-160.
| 1985. |
| 81 | Another Side of Trappist Thomas Merton | The visitor to Our Lady of Gethsemani Trappist monastery | Lewis, Jim |
San Francisco Examiner (December 1, 1984): A9.
| 1984. |
| 82 | Merton Bio "Rich, Rollicking" | It is 571 pages long, and the notes, sources and bibliography nail on another 104 pages | Keller, Julia |
Columbia Dispatch (January 10, 1985).
| 1985. |
| 83 | The Multifaceted Thomas Merton: Two Books Recall Religious Writer | There are so many Thomas Mertons - the Trappist monk, the poet, | Tehan, Arline Boucher |
| no-year |
| 84 | | Merton was a theologian who used autobiography as the major vehicle for his theological work. | Grayston, Donald |
Theological Studies 46.3 (September 1985): 561-562.
| 1985. |
| CSQ | | When Thomas Merton died some sixteen years ago the New York Times referred to him as | Bamberger, John Eudes, OCSO |
Cistercian Studies 20.1 (1985): 65-71. [See also "Bamberger" correspondence file, Section A, for a draft of his review dated Dec. 2, 1984.]
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | Benchmark Reading | One of the anecdotes around Catholic circles in Louisville a generation ago was about a lament | Crews, Clyde F. |
Merton Seasonal 10:1 (Winter 1985): 12-13 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-1Crews.pdf
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | Man in Motion | When James Laughlin visited Vancouver a couple of years ago, he told me how much he missed | Labrie, Ross |
Merton Seasonal 10:1 (Winter 1985): 14-15 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-1Labrie.pdf
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | Trivia Game | Biography is a notoriously difficult discipline, and the exacting demands imposed on today's | Rice, Edward |
Merton Seasonal 10:1 (Winter 1985): 8-10 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-1Rice.pdf
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | Two Questions | Reading Michael Mott's biography is a very strange and discomforting experience for anyone who | Haughton, Rosemary |
Merton Seasonal 10:1 (Winter 1985): 6-7 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-1Haughton.pdf
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | Various Identities | About half way into Michael Mott's biography of Thomas Merton, I began listing various Merton | Forest, Jim |
Merton Seasonal 10:1 (Winter 1985): 16-18 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-1Forest.pdf
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | Whale of a Book | This, it must be confessed, a mountain of a book, almost seven hundred pages in all, | Allchin, A. M. (Arthur Macdonald) |
Merton Seasonal 10:1 (Winter 1985): 4-5 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-1Allchin.pdf
| 1985 |
| SEASONAL | Anti-Hero of Many Faces | Michael Mott's authorized biography, The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton, is an arduous | Carr, Virginia S. |
Merton Seasonal 10:4 (Fall 1985): 5-6 [online]. [Accessed March 7th, 2017]
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-4Carr.pdf
| 1985 |