Articles and Poetry about Thomas Merton in the Catholic Worker Newspaper

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Articles and Poetry about Thomas Merton by Author: 

• Berrigan, Daniel J.: “The Funeral Oration of Thomas Merton as Pronounced by the Compassionate Buddha,” Feb. ‘69 - [poem]
• Berrigan, Daniel J.: “Thomas Merton—Ashes to Ashes My Dream,” Dec. ‘93 - [article]
• Brown, Anna. “Thomas Merton: Rooted in God,” Dec. ‘98 - [article]
• Brown, Anna. "Thomas Merton—40 Years On," Dec. ‘08 - [article]
• Day, Dorothy. “Thomas Merton, Trappist: 1915-1968,” Dec. ’68 – [article]
• Forest, James H. “On Holy Perseverance” [Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day], Jan.-Feb. ‘15 - [article]
• Forest, James H. “Thomas Merton and the Catholic Worker: Ten Years After,” Dec. ’78 – [article]
• Forest, James H. “Waking from a Dream: Thomas Merton and the Catholic Worker,” Dec. ‘88 - [article]
• Kennedy, R. Scott. “Gog and Magog in the Nuclear Age,” July-Aug. ‘75 - [poem]
• Lester, Julius. “At Merton’s Grave” [poem], Dec. ‘75 - [poem]
• Nugent, Christopher: "A Spiritual Bouquet," Oct.-Nov. '00 - [article] 

Articles and Poetry about Thomas Merton by Date: 

• 1968: “Thomas Merton, Trappist” by Dorothy Day, Dec. ’68 [article]
• 1969: “The Funeral Oration of Thomas Merton as Pronounced by the Compassionate Buddha” by Daniel J. Berrigan, Feb. ‘69 - [poem]
• 1975: “Gog and Magog in the Nuclear Age” by R. Scott Kennedy, July-Aug. ‘75 - [article]
• 1975: “At Merton’s Grave” by Julius Lester, Dec. ‘75 - [poem]
• 1978: “Thomas Merton and the Catholic Worker: Ten Years After” by James H. Forest, Dec. ’78 – [article]
• 1988: “Waking from a Dream: Thomas Merton and the Catholic Worker” by James H. Forest, Dec. ’88 - [article]
• 1993: “Thomas Merton—Ashes to Ashes My Dream” by Daniel J. Berrigan, Dec. ‘93 - [article]
• 1998: “Thomas Merton: Rooted in God” by Anna Brown, Dec. ‘98 - [article]
• 2000: "A Spiritual Bouquet" by Christopher Nugent, Oct.-Nov. '00 - [article] 
• 2008: "Thomas Merton—40 Years On" by Anna Brown, Dec. ‘08 - [article]
• 2015: “On Holy Perseverance” [Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day] by James H. Forest, Jan.-Feb. ‘15 - [article]