For For readers interested in Merton's friendship with Jonathan Greene; a specialist's volume of letters, not a first book.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
1 of 5specialist interest
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
1 of 5light
His 1968 correspondence with the poet Jonathan Greene, with Greene's essays and notes.
How it proceeds
Philosophic1 of 5
Scriptural0 of 5
Experiential2 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical1 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
The correspondence of Merton and the young poet Jonathan Greene, connected with Merton's 1968 little magazine Monks Pond, with essays and notes by Greene (64 pages). Published by Broadstone Books in 2004.