“Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.”
– Madeleine L’Engle
L’Engle biographer, conference speaker is working on a ‘thorough, fully-sourced portrait’
Fans could be forgiven for feeling as if they personally know Madeleine L’Engle. Maybe their bookshelves are lined with a trove of her non-fiction titles; maybe the voices and characters from L’Engle’s fiction books are stuck in their minds. We fans may even have read Becoming Madeleine: A Biography of the Author of a Wrinkle Read more...
All Angels’ vibrant arts community makes the church a perfect spot for first Walking on Water Conference
Coming to the Walking on Water Conference next month? Let me introduce you to our generous host and co-sponsors: All Angels Church, the artistic faith community on the Upper West Side. The church’s site is perfect for the conference for a few reasons. One, it’s where Madeleine worshiped during the last years of her life Read more...
Guest Blog Post: “This particular copy”
By RuthAnn Deveney When I was a senior in high school, a friend in my English class told me, “I found something at a yard sale over the weekend, and I got it for you. You like Madeleine L’Engle, right?” The question was more of a formality than out of necessity; in my circle of Read more...
Author of ‘The Night Diary’ inspired by Madeleine’s advice
Dear Ones, Take it from this bibliophile/ school librarian: Veera Hiranandani’s book, The Night Diary, needs to be one of your next-reads. This 2019 Newbery Honor Award winning book is set during a tumultuous time in India’s history, told through letters written by Author Veera Hiranandani a girl to her deceased mother. I found it Read more...
L’Engle/Rahman Prize celebrates what’s possible in the connective nature of mentoring relationships
Eric Berryman and Charlotte Jones Voiklis read from the letters of Madeleine L'Engle and Ahmad Rahman, September 18, 20019. Dear Ones, Last month, PEN America's Prison and Justice Writing Program announced the creation of the L'Engle/Rahman Prize for Mentorship. As part of that program's month-long reading series, the September 16th event featured the Read more...
Panel will muse on questions about ‘listening to the work,’ the creative process
Madeleine insisted, "The largest job of the artist is to listen to the work." This listening is one of the ways, she believed, that we become co-creators with God. But, practically speaking, what does it mean to listen to what the work is trying to express or be? How do artists in various mediums allow Read more...