Dear Ones, Listening to Madeleine L’Engle read A Wrinkle in Time is nothing short of captivating. Hear for yourself: It was a dark and stormy night, she begins, with not an ounce of sentimentality. Hooking the listener with her passionate cadence in this opening scene, the audio narration continues: In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, […]
Dear Ones, Have you seen the quotes we’ve been sharing? They’re from librarians all over the country about how Madeleine’s books affected them. We want to share more of them, and are inviting readers everywhere to respond. Click here to tell us, and if you choose, we might share on our social media platforms and […]
Guest blog post by Laurie Lane Laurie Lane is a poet who lives on an island surrounded by beauty in Washington state. Laurie loves words and loves watching her granddaughters as they discover the delight of language. I was Madeleine L’Engle’s assistant in the mid 1990s. In 1998, as she was nearing 80 years old, […]
Abigail Santamaria is working on the first fully-sourced adult biography of Madeleine L’Engle, which will be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Madeleine’s publisher for more than fifty years. With this contribution in honor of the 100th anniversary of Madeleine’s birth, she gives us a brief taste of the full life story to come. It […]
Dear Ones, Good news! New editions of four titles come out September 18, 2018! The Rock that is Higher: Story as Truth with a foreword by Sarah Bessey Bright Evening Star: Mystery of the Incarnation with a foreword by Addie Zierman Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Unexpected Places with a foreword […]
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