Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Marty, Martin E., 1928-" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/August/30 (#01)

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Type:  TAL[x] - Xerox copy of a typed letter (not siged) with holograph annotations.

To/From:  to Merton from "Marty, Martin E., 1928-"-->

# of pages:  11

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First Lines:  "I have been meaning to write for the past three years, but spontaneous correspondence is not my"

Contents:  [draft copy of Marty's open letter to Merton, later appearing in The National Catholic Reporter] apologizes for harsh review of Seeds of Destruction a few years prior - first saw Merton as a "white James Baldwin", taking issue with "Letters to a White Liberal" - now sees Merton's view as having been prophetic

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Marty, Martin E., 1928-:"    1967/August/30 (#01)