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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