Visitor to Gethsemani Aims to Medicate Soul
A letter outlines Thomas Merton's visitor reconsidering a trip to the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. He cites a Baptist Abbey option, a New Mexico incident invoking anti Catholic rumors about PD East, and his own sense of maladjustment needing spiritual "Band Aid" mediation.
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Father
Trappist
Abbey of the Primatives
Father Merton
Baptist Abbey
the Baptist
New Mexico
John Griffin
P.D. East
John
P.D
Thomas Merton
Jacques Marstin
Pope John
Times
William Goldhurst F Scott Fitzgerald and His Contemporaries
William Goldhurst surveys Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald alongside four contemporaries Edmund Wilson H L Mencken Ring Lardner and Ernest Hemingway. The book blends introduction chapters with main sections to frame their influences on American literature and on Fitzgerald.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Goldhurst
World Publishing Co
Cleveland
New York
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Edmund Wilson
H. L. Mencken
Ring Lardner
Ernest Hemingway
Race and religion in America a call for research
A letter discusses a Supreme Court decision and a senator's comment about God and race in classrooms. The writer urges research on race and religion to foster unbiased, logical discussion and notes that historical facts support continued inquiry into these problems.
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P. D
Supreme Court
The Sign Racist Sins Of Christians Explored
A national conscience piece argues that Negro white clashes are likely as racism spreads across America. It cites recent murders of William Moore and Medgar Evers, the Kennerd case, Baldwin and King Jr, and notes white and black readers see events differently while rights remain unmet.
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Deep South
America
William
Notice to Subscribers on Mailing List Chaos
A Mississippi editor apologizes for mailing list chaos, recounting a decade of work to correct addresses and duplicate copies. He asks readers to report misaddressed or duplicate issues and admits ongoing confusion with entries and file accuracy.
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Gethsemani Trappist
Kentucky
Merton
Gethsemani
Hattiesburg, Miss
By John Howard Griffin
Mississippi
East
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