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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Hewitt, Geoffrey, 1943-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 7 item(s); 8 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Geof Hewitt is a poet who, at the time of correspondence with Merton, was 24 and living in Iowa. Having begun writing as a teen, he had by 1968 founded a small specialty press, Kumquat Press. Merton publishes some of Hewitt's poems in the first issue of Monks Pond. Hewitt would publish another of Monks Pond's poets, Alfred Starr Hamilton. He now resides in Vermont and has published books of his poems and books on writing and teaching poetry. (Source: The Road to Joy, p. 362.)

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Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Hewitt in The Road to Joy, pp. 362-363; and see also contributions to Monks Pond, pp. 81-82.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1968/01/04 TLSto MertonA recent letter from Jonathan Williams suggested that I send you some of my work. Enclosed are 2   
 1968/01/22 TL[c]from MertonYou are very much the kind of poet I look for MONKS POND the first issue of which is now in   
 1968/01/29 TLSto MertonHere is some new work. Please let me know if the poem for Jonathan Williams is too gamey-type   
 1968/02/01 (#01)TL[c]from MertonThanks for the new poems. I'm keeping two for the second or third issue of Monks Pond.Yes  
 1968/02/01 (#02)TLS[x]from MertonThanks for the new poems. I'm keeping two for the second or third issue of Monks Pond.Yes [see also the 1970/10/15 letter to John Howard Griffin for provenance of this letter]
 1968/02/05 TALSto MertonI'm glad you like and are keeping CONTEMPLATING SAUSAGE and THE POET WHO BECAME   
 1970/10/15 TLS[x]to Griffin, John HowardHere, at last, is a photocopy of the letter I've written you about. If it is suited to your needs,Yes [regarding sending a photocopy of the 1968/02/01 letter]
        

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