Kathleen Norris (poet)
Kathleen Norris in Vermont in 1969, Norris became arts administrator of the Academy of American Poets, and published her first book of poetry two years later.[1] In 1974 she inherited her grandparents' farm in Lemmon, South Dakota, moved there with her husband, David Dwyer, joined Spencer Memorial Presbyterian church, and discovered the spirituality of the Great Plains.[2] She entered a new, non-fictional phase in her literary career after becoming a Benedictine oblate at Assumption Abbey Richardton ND in 1986, and spending extended periods at Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota.[3] Since the death of her husband in 2003, Norris has transferred her place of residence to Hawaii, though continuing to do lecture tours on the mainland.
Published books
- Non-Fiction
- Dakota: A Spiritual Geography. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston/New York City 1993, ISBN 0-395-71091-X (pbk.) (awarded "Notable Book" status by The New York Times)
- The Cloister Walk
- The Virgin of Bennington
- Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith
- Benedict and Scholastica
- The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and "Women's Work"
- Acedia and Me
- Poetry
- Falling Off
- The Middle of the World
- The Year of Common Things
- Little Girls in Church
- Journey (collection)
Norris has also been a regular contributor to such magazines as Christian Century.
References
External links
- Interview with Kathleen Norris Part I and Part II
- Interview with Kathleen Norris
- Works by or about Kathleen Norris in libraries (WorldCat catalog)