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Excellence in Publishing Award, Association of Catholic PublishersHonorable Mention, Catholic Press Association Book AwardFinalist, Washington State Book AwardPure 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 act―a 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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