Event celebrates publication of letters between Thomas Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer

The University Press of Kentucky, in partnership with the Art Museum at the University of Kentucky and UK Libraries, will celebrate the publication of The Letters of Thomas Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer: Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam with editors Paul Evans Holbrook Jr. and F. Douglas Scutchfield. The event, which is free and open to the public, will include remarks from the editors and features an installation of Victor Hammers’ paintings, drawings and mezzotints. The celebration, which includes books on sale, will begin 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, at the Art Museum at UK.

For more information on Merton and his relationship with the Hammers, please see the complete news release.