“Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.”
– Madeleine L’Engle
Charles Wadsworth Camp (Madeleine’s father) and World War I
Dear Ones, Today is Madeleine and Hugh's wedding anniversary (they were married in 1946), and it is also the pub date of a new book: Charles Wadsworth Camp and World War I: War's Dark Frame and History of the 305th Field Artillery. Charles was a journalist, critic, novelist, and playwright, and this new volume is Read more...
Guest blog post: The Promise of a Dark Sky
by Bill Dunford One of the first times I traveled mentally to the stars, it was Madeleine L’Engle who took me there. I was nine years old when I discovered that her skill allowed the flat pages of A Wrinkle in Time to take on a third dimension – then a fourth and a fifth Read more...
Madeleine’s Birthday Guest Blog Post: How I Learned to Tesser Well
by Catherine Hand The following is adapted from Becoming a Warrior by the author and is used with permission. Madeleine would have been 104 today, and she loved celebrating her birthday! I can’t think of a better birthday gift than to share stories with others about the profound influence A Wrinkle in Time had on Read more...
How IT Captured Camazotz
by Charlotte Jones Voiklis Dear Ones, As we approach election day, I remember going with my grandmother to vote for the very first time in New York City 1988. Details are vague, but the memory is tied to a conversation with her about women's rights: my grandfather had died in 1986, and she had a Read more...
Musical Adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time in Development
by Charlotte Jones Voiklis Dear Ones, I'm very excited to share the news that a musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time is in the works! There have been numerous adaptations of the novel, including a movie, a television series, an opera, and several theatrical versions, six (!) of which are available to schools and Read more...
A brief word on Madeleine, Censorship, and White Christian Nationalism
by Charlotte Jones Voiklis Dear Ones, Today marks the beginning of Banned Books Week, and so it feels appropriate to share some thoughts that have been brewing about Madeleine and this topic for some time. According to the American Library Association, throughout the 1980s and 1990s, A Wrinkle in Time was one of the most Read more...