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Kudos to Roger Lipsey for opening up Thomas Merton's visual art, which has been largely ignored until now by his reading public as well as by most Merton scholars and interpreters of his work. Our gratitude for Angelic Mistakes is boundless, both to the author and the publisher. This richly illustrated volume is the best introduction to the mature visual world of Thomas Merton, which deserves a wide audience. --Brother Patrick Hart, Thomas Merton's secretary, editor of The Intimate Merton It is not easy to write about the deeply wordless world from which these haunting images emerged, but at last the challenge to think out loud about this neglected side of Merton has been taken up by Roger Lipsey. Breaking new ground, Lipsey thoughtfully explores aspects of Merton-as-artist. --Jim Forest, author of Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton This astonishing book looks at an aspect of Merton's life that has been almost ignored--his art--and shows, with copious quotations and profound insight, that it was a visual expression of his prayer. Here we have access to that wordless, imageless experience that was nearer to him than life itself. It is a book to be read slowly, quietly, and repeatedly: a wonderful book. --Sister Wendy Beckett, host of the PBS series Sister Wendy's American Collection A remarkable piece of work and a remarkable piece of publishing. --Phyllis Tickle, author of Prayer is a Place: America's Religious Landscape Observed

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Roger Lipsey earned a Ph.D. in the history of art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. A director of the parent company that publishes the journal Parabola, he has written on art and spirituality for many years. He is the author of The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art, now in its second edition. He lives in Garrison, New York.

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