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Kathleen Norris

Born

in Washington, DC, The United States

July 27, 1947

Genre

Religion & Spirituality, Poetry

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Kathleen Norris was born on July 27, 1947 in Washington, D.C. She grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii, as well as on her maternal grandparents’ farm in Lemmon, South Dakota.

Her sheltered upbringing left her unprepared for the world she encountered when she began attending Bennington College in Vermont. At first shocked by the unconventionality surrounding her, Norris took refuge in poetry.

After she graduated in 1969, she moved to New York City where she joined the arts scene, associated with members of the avant-garde movement including Andy Warhol, and worked for the American Academy of Poets.

In 1974, her grandmother died leaving Norris the family farm in South Dakota, and she and her future husband, the poet David Dwyer, decided to temporarily ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 44,655 ratings · 4,013 reviews · 127 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Cloister Walk 4.05 avg rating — 8,919 ratings — published 1996 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith 4.08 avg rating — 6,421 ratings — published 1998 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dakota: A Spiritual Geography really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,478 ratings — published 1993 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life 3.77 avg rating — 3,275 ratings — published 2008 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and Women's Work really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,177 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Virgin of Bennington 3.44 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2001 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica by Kathleen Norris, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 299 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Girls in Church 3.86 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Essays 2001 (The Best American Series) by Kathleen Norris (Editor), Robert Atwan (Series Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Psalms with Commentary by Kathleen Norris (editor), Anonymous 4.05 avg rating — 61 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.”
― Kathleen Norris

tags: inspirational-prayer

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“If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-to-order. It often comes disguised as loss, or failure, or unwelcome change.”
― Kathleen Norris

tags: wisdom-grace

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“When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening. . . . I was probably trying to impress the librarians who kept me supplied with books.”
― Kathleen Norris

tags: library, reading

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The following are a selection of books written by the FAVORITE AUTHORS of some of our group members...which do you want as an option for the Group Read for the Spring 2010 challenge?

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

77 votes, 26.4%

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

51 votes, 17.5%

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

48 votes, 16.4%

Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde

26 votes, 8.9%

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

26 votes, 8.9%

The Paris Vendetta: A Novel by Steve Berry

17 votes, 5.8%

Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings

14 votes, 4.8%

Songmaster by Orson Scott Card

13 votes, 4.5%

The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris

11 votes, 3.8%

Frederica by Georgette Heyer

9 votes, 3.1%

292 total votes

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