Author(s): McCalsin Suan; J. S. Porter

Mind Body Spirit

Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton�s Dance with the Feminine is a unique, unified, multi-genre work that includes dialogue, imaginary letters, poems, and reflective essays by two estab�lished Canadian poets. Taking cues from Merton himself, Susan and John establish a playful, jazzy, dialogic tone � superabundantly alive. This book invites participation for those who already know Merton�s work and for those who are meeting this whole and broken, prophetic, whimsical, para�doxical prophet and visionary for the first time. Robert Lax once described Merton�s poetry and the man himself as �superabundantly alive.� McCaslin and Porter prove the truth of this description in their enchanting account of the writ�er-mystic who now comes into his second cen�tury of stature and significance, in the words of Boris Pasternak, � a]live and burning to the end.