Robert Inchausti is the author of Spitwad Sutras: Classroom Teaching as Sublime Vocation (Bergin & Garvey 1993), The Ignorant Perfection of Ordinary People (SUNY, 1991) and Thomas Merton’s American Prophecy (SUNY, 1998). He is a Professor of English at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, California.