Kindred Spirits: Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, and Zen
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“This ambitious work aims to draw parallels between two post–World War II luminaries: the Trappist monk Thomas Merton and the Beat writer Jack Kerouac, two men who, as the author states, were ‘so different in personal choices and lifestyles’ yet united by their shared interest in Buddhism. In alternating chapters, the lives of Merton and Kerouac are relayed chronologically. Sellner relies on primary source material—letters, diaries, interviews, recollected conversations—to tell their storie...






















