J.S. Porter

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Born in Belfast and educated in Canada, J.S. Porter is a passionate and omnivorous reader. An accomplished poet, critic and teacher, his poems, articles, reviews and essays have appeared in Grail, The Antigonish Review, Quarry, Brick,
The Hamilton Spectator, The Ottawa Citizen, The National Post, The
Globe and Mail and the Literary Review of Canada. He currently teaches literature at Mohawk College in Hamilton. This is his official website.

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Pound of Flesh: January 23, 2008

Coming in the Spring of 08

Thomas Merton: Hermit at the Heart of Things (Novalis), by J.S. Porter

CONTENTS

Preface. Body to Body: Thomas Merton & Henri Nouwen

  1. Always a Beginner

  2. Contemplative & Activist

  3. Poet, Reader, Translator

    • Part A: Merton & Alfonso Cortés
    • Part B: Merton & Louis Zukofsky

  4. Tone Meister

  5. Letter Writer

  6. Intellectual

    • Part A: The Columbia University Heritage and Legacy: Merton & Edward Said
    • Part B: Mind at Work: Merton & Eichmann

  7. Lover

  8. Always a Synthesizer: Merton’s Old and New Metaphors of the Self

  9. Journal Keeper

  10. Hello, Goodbye, Hello Again

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