Description:
These letters offer invaluable insights into Robert Giroux 's publishing process that brought some of Thomas Merton's most important books to his readers.
Brief description:
Jonathan Montaldo has served as the associate director of the Merton Institute for Contemplative Living, the director of the Thomas Merton Center, and as president of the International Thomas Merton Society. He edited or coedited many volumes of Merton's writing, including The Intimate Merton, Dialogues with Silence, and A Year with Thomas Merton. He presents retreats internationally based on Merton's witness to contemplative living and created the ten-volume series for small group dialogue, Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton, published by Ave Maria Press.
Review Quotes:
"Robert Giroux, a great editor and publisher, was also a great friend, and Thomas Merton's correspondence with him--steady, tight in focus, rich in detail, frankly affectionate--makes clear how fully editing and publishing, for Giroux, was an act of friendship. That is no surprise. The surprise is in seeing, through these letters, how deeply Merton's vast and various body of work was grounded in friendship--in the desire to share all that he had come to know with the people he loved." --Paul Elie, author of The Life You Save May Be Your Own