Kathleen Norris (poet)

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Kathleen Norris (b. 1947) is a best-selling poet and essayist who has become known for her writings about Christian spirituality, especially after she became a Benedictine oblate and spent two extended periods at Saint John's Abbey in Minnesota. Born in Washington D.C., she was raised in South Dakota and Honolulu, attended Bennington College in Vermont and now divides her time between South Dakota and Hawaii.

Her non-fiction works include the memoirs Dakota: A Spiritual Geography (awarded "Notable Book" status by The New York Times), The Cloister Walk, and The Virgin of Bennington, a book of essays, Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, and the published lecture, The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and "Women's Work." Published poetry includes Falling Off, The Middle of the World, Little Girls in Church and a collection, Journey. She has also been a regular contributor to such magazines as Christian Century.