Robert Inchausti

Robert Inchausti isProfessor Emeritus of English at California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. He is the editor of three collec­tions of the work of Thomas Merton and is also the author of five previous books, including The Ignorant Perfection of Ordinary People.

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was a Trappist monk, spiritual director, political activist, social critic, and one of the most-read spiritual writers of the twentieth century. He is the author of many books, including The Seven Storey Mountain.

"I heartily recommend purchasing this book, not merely to add to one's shelf of Merton collectibles, but to read it, stunned by its beauty. It glitters with sapphires, rubies, and emeralds, each flashing with extraordinary power. Everything fits and radiates here. I thought I had read Merton . . . and then I walked into Inchausti's garden of diamonds." —Gray Matthews, The Merton Seasonal