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Tag Archives: Madeleine L’Engle
“Some syllables are swords.” — Metaphysical poet Henry Vaughan
”I’ve always been much influenced by the 17th-century metaphysical poets like Donne, and especially Henry Vaughan.” — Philip K. Dick It’s Henry Vaughan’s birthday today. I was just thinking the other day about how I encountered certain famous writers in … Continue reading
The Books: Six Centuries of Great Poetry: A Stunning Collection of Classic British Poems from Chaucer to Yeats: Henry Vaughan
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry Six Centuries of Great Poetry: A Stunning Collection of Classic British Poems from Chaucer to Yeats, edited by Robert Penn Warren and Albert Erskine It’s funny, I was just thinking the other day about how I … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Madeleine L'Engle, poetry, Ring of Endless Light, Six Centuries of Great Poetry, Wales
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7 Weird Reading Facts
Got this from ricki. 1. I am very sensitive to typeface. I will NOT read a book if I find the typeface grating or unfriendly. I have bad eyes, too, so a good typeface is important. Penguin Classics USED to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Personal
Tagged A.S. Byatt, Cormac McCarthy, Elinor Lipman, Hopeful Monsters, Jeanette Winterson, John Irving, Lives of the Saints, Lorrie Moore, Madeleine L'Engle, Margaret Atwood, Mating, Michael Chabon, Nancy Lemann, Nicholas Mosley, Norman Rush, Ring of Endless Light, Robert Kaplan, The Passion
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L’Engle’s Advice
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” — Madeleine L’Engle
The Angel Guard
From Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Unexpected Places , by the late great Madeleine L’Engle. Children are often better believers than we are. A young friend of mine who works in a day-care center … Continue reading
R.I.P. Madeleine L’Engle
Madeleine: Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank … Continue reading
Ten Books I Couldn’t Live Without
1. Possession – by A.S. Byatt. Like Heather I have read this book probably 4 or 5 times – I just finished it yet again, and every time I come to it – I see different things, I relate to … Continue reading
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Tagged A.S. Byatt, Canada, Catch-22, Dubliners, Emily Climbs, England, Herman Melville, Hopeful Monsters, Ireland, Joseph Heller, L.M. Montgomery, Lives of the Saints, Madeleine L'Engle, Mating, Moby Dick, Nancy Lemann, Nicholas Mosley, Norman Rush, Paul Zindel, Possession, Ring of Endless Light, The Pigman
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Faces I Love, Part 3
Here’s part 1. Here’s part 2. And here is the inspiration: Part 1 Part 2 More faces I love below. I love compiling these. I list them without commentary.
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Tagged Diane Keaton, Gibson Girls, James Taylor, John Wayne, Madeleine L'Engle, Michael Chabon, Mickey Rourke, muppets, Oscar Wilde, Rebecca West, River Phoenix, Truffaut
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Two Book Memes
1. First book to leave a lasting impression? Charlotte’s Web. That was the first book that made my heart HURT after finishing it. But that hurt also had some joy in it …. I mean, the last paragraph of that … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlotte's Web, Elinor Lipman, Harriet the Spy, Jincy Willett, Madeleine L'Engle, Robert Kaplan, Stephen King
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