Sophfronia Scott
Sophfronia Scott is a novelist and essayist. Her most recent book is The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton (Broadleaf). She co-authored the memoir This Child of Faith (Paraclete) with her son, Tain Gregory.
Merton has been my spiritual companion, but as a Black woman, I have questions for him.
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