Dear Ones, Well, after more than a year of planning, Walking on Water: The Madeleine L’Engle Conference is behind us. Envisioned not as a fan conference but rather a gathering of seekers looking to deepen their creative lives, about 150 attendees, 30 panelists and session leaders, and a dozen or so volunteers came together at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 a girl to her deceased mother. I found it powerful and moving, as did […]
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