Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. (Preface by Kathleen Norris, Edited by Lynn R. Szabo. New York: A New Directions Book, 2005.) “Put simply, Merton is one of our great poetic talents of the twentieth century.” —Robert McDowell, The Hudson Review “He (Merton) has now...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. Cynthia Bourgeault (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cowley Publications, 2004) These days are characterized by a strong interest in spirituality, contemplation, and the mystical approach to knowing and living a meaningful life. Typically, this has taken...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. It is 50 years this autumn since the Beat Movement was launched at Six Gallery in San Francisco (October 13, 1955). Some of the American Beats from the East Coast (Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg) and the West Coast (Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder,...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Review by Ron Dart. "Lament for a Nation should be respected as a masterpiece of political meditation." Peter Emberley "Masterpiece is not a word to use lightly, but Lament for a Nation merits it.William Christian It is forty years this year (1965-2005)...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Linda McQuaig, with a forward by Noam Chomsky (Toronto: Doubleday, 2004). Review by Ron Dart. "With a keen eye and grim wit, McQuaig’s perceptive inquiry into the world’s energy system strips away layer after layer of deceit, cynicism, racism, sordid...
Jun 9, 2006 | Author - Ron Dart, Book Reviews
Noam Chomsky (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2004). Review by Ron Dart. “Judged in terms of the power, range, novelty, and influence of his thought, Noam Chomsky is arguably the most important intellectual alive.”—The New York Times “Chomsky…is a major scholarly...
