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- Objectstaat
- Publication Date
- 2017-04-03
- Pages
- 472
- ISBN
- 9780823276820
- Book Title
- Pure Act : the Uncommon Life of Robert Lax
- Book Series
- Catholic Practice in North America Ser.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Item Length
- 8.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Religion, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Christianity / Catholic, Religious, Literary, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
- Item Weight
- 21 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 472 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Fordham University Press
ISBN-10
0823276821
ISBN-13
9780823276820
eBay Product ID (ePID)
229162918
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pure Act : the Uncommon Life of Robert Lax
Number of Pages
472 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Christianity / Catholic, Religious, Literary, Christianity / Literature & the Arts
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Catholic Practice in North America Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Pure Act is an admiring biography, one that is well-researched and written with affection...While Lax's strange life--McGregor calls it an "uncommon" life--will not cause readers to emulate it, it will provoke them to ponder what it is to be fully human. This is, of course, one of the principal functions of biography, needed now more than ever. ---Dana Greene, National Catholic Reporter, Presenting Lax as an embodiment of the 'wisdom of simplicity' and himself as a 'naïve boy who had washed up on his shores', McGregor becomes both unobtrusive character and reliable narrator in this text, connected to Lax by the author's own need for personal searching., Pure Act is a homage, a love letter, an apologia for a curious poetics, and a well-considered story about an uncommon man and his very uncommon life. For us, it may prove something of a wake-up call as well. ---Scott Cairns, The Christian Century, Tender, thorough, meticulous, an act of fine and generous and wonderfully sharp-eyed sharp-eared witness. The riveting mystic Robert Lax would have been delighted at the care and reverence with which Michael McGregor celebrates and resurrects and delves an extraordinary American's many-layered life. ---Brian Doyle, Mink River, ...Pure Act is a beautifully written and captivating work that will no doubt spur on further research into a man whose way of existing and approaching the world continues to have something to say to us today., [ Pure Act ] is a deeply moving book concerning how one man followed his own golden string to heaven's gate, one tug at a time. ---Nicholas Colloff, Golgonooza, "[Robert Lax] was invariably hospitable and welcoming, his presence gentle, humorous, and patient. In short, there's never been anyone like him, and Pure Act , in its offering of a detailed recounting of his life and an acute presentation and analysis of his too-neglected poetry, gives him to us: the gift of a human being unlike any other." ---C.K. Williams, "Michael McGregor's Pure Act is an outstanding contribution to Lax studies and greatly enriches our understanding of the poet-sage, giving readers much unpublished and little-known material." --S.T. Georgiou, author of In the Beginning Was Love: Contemplative Words of Robert Lax, A much-acclaimed and wonderful and marvel-filled biography of one of my favorite poets and favorite sages. ---Phil Cousineau, New Dimensions Radio, ...read this beautiful book, be inspired to seek out some of Lax's poems, find a quiet place and use them as a sure guide to that pure act that is God., One of the achievements of Pure Act is to make us question "major," "success," and other labels and given categories. McGregor's quiet but insistent voice offers an alternative perspective on social and literary history, a dual quest narrative, and an intriguing model for literary biography., Pure Act is highly recommended for parish libraries, for devotees of Thomas Merton, and for all readers interested in the remarkable saga of this dedicated seeker of truth., In clear, evocative prose, McGregor brings a triangular tale vividly to life: One side tells the story of Robert Lax's searching into religion and poetry, a second side reveals his lifelong friendship with Trappist monk and acclaimed author Thomas Merton, and the third is a memoir of McGregor's own development as a writer through his visits with Lax on Patmos. Lax's story alone is as strange and gripping as any by Kafka. Read, and you will never forget Robert Lax. ---Ian MacNiven, "Literchoor Is My Beat": A Life of James Laughlin, Publisher of New Directions, Michael N. McGregor, who spent considerable time with Robert Lax, has composed a captivating study of this poet and journal keeper's pilgrimage through life., A thoroughly researched and compassionate look at the remarkable life of Robert Lax. Those who know him only as a close friend of Thomas Merton will be delighted with the person they find in these pages: an influential poet, a voice for peace, a wanderer and seeker after truth. Many sought Lax out at his Patmos home; McGregor has made his wisdom available to all. ---Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk and Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, A monkish naïve character dedicated to God and writing, Lax maintained his gnomic humour throughout. This was a man of more Beatitude than Beat. Invited by Billie Holiday to go to her apartment to smoke dope and listen to jazz records, McGregor tells us, he declined., There's something miraculous about everything that happened to Lax and every poem that he managed to write. ---Don Share, Poetry, Pure Act is much more than a biography. It's a real and full and personal meditation on life, and on what a life is for. ---Karen Fisher, A Sudden Country|9780823276820|, "This grace-filled biography is a book I have for years been hoping someone might write, and now, thanks to Michael McGregor, this has become an answered prayer. With grace and insight McGregor bears witness to the evolution of a great artist who is seamlessly connected to his art." ---Jim Forest, Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment and Living with Wisdom: A Biography of Thomas Merton, Michael McGregor's Pure Act is an outstanding contribution to Lax studies and greatly enriches our understanding of the poet-sage, giving readers much unpublished and little-known material. ---S.T. Georgiou, In the Beginning Was Love: Contemplative Words of Robert Lax
Dewey Decimal
811/.54 B
Synopsis
A biography of experimental poet and spiritual seeker Robert Lax, who inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac and many others. Using information and stories drawn from journal entries, letters, interviews and the author's personal recollections, the book chronicles the development of Lax's distinctive poetic style and a spontaneous, spiritual approach to life he called pure act., Excellence in Publishing Award, Association of Catholic Publishers Honorable Mention, Catholic Press Association Book Award Finalist, Washington State Book Award Pure Act tells the story of poet Robert Lax, whose quest to live a true life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, William Maxwell and a host of other writers, artists and ordinary people. Known in the U.S. primarily as Merton's best friend and in Europe as a daringly original avant-garde poet, Lax left behind a promising New York writing career to travel with a circus, live among immigrants in post-war Marseilles and settle on a series of remote Greek islands where he learned and recorded the simple wisdom of the local people. Born a Jew, he became a Catholic and found the authentic community he sought in Greek Orthodox fishermen and sponge divers. In his early life, as he alternated working at The New Yorker , writing screenplays in Hollywood and editing a Paris literary journal with studying philosophy, serving the poor in Harlem and living in a sanctuary high in the French Alps, Lax pursued an approach to life he called pure acta way of living in the moment that was both spontaneous and practiced, God-inspired and self-chosen. By devoting himself to simplicity, poverty and prayer, he expanded his capacity for peace, joy and love while producing distinctive poetry of such stark beauty critics called him "one of America's greatest experimental poets" and "one of the new 'saints' of the avant-garde." Written by a writer who met Lax in Greece when he was a young seeker himself and visited him regularly over fifteen years, Pure Act is an intimate look at an extraordinary but little-known life. Much more than just a biography, it's a tale of adventure, an exploration of friendship, an anthology of wisdom, and a testament to the liberating power of living an uncommon life.
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2017
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