WinterSong: Christmas Readings
by Madeleine L'Engle, Luci Shaw, Lucy Shaw
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Have a cup of coffee and put a log on the fire, settle info a comforable chair and enjoy a winter's day with the writings of novelist Madeleine L'Engle and poet Luci Shaw. Participate in the winter season: the wonder, the solemnity, the power, and the miracles. These readings reflect on the winter world around us, drawing joy from winter days, hope from Christmas celebrations, and promise for the New Year. This elegant collection is the natural outflow of the long-standing friendship between show more Madeleine L'Engle and Luci Shaw. Sharing similar themes and a reflective style of writing, they combine their two rich literary worlds. Newbery Award Winner Madeleine L'Engle is widely known for her children's books, and adult fiction and nonfiction. Her most recent book is Live Coal in the Sea. Renowned poet Luci Shaw's most recent book is The Green Earth: Poems of Creation. Both women are widely known throughout the United States and Canada for their workshops on writing and journaling, lectures, and retreats. show lessTags
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If you have already read a lot of L'Engle, skip this book. It's a pretty re-packaging of content you've already read. It also includes poetry and prose from Lucy Shaw. There's nothing really wrong with the book, but it's nothing new for fans of L'Engle.
I spun this out through the space of a winter yet I finished it early. It was a pleasure having Madeleine somehow present every morning. I confess, though, that Luci Shaw mostly leaves me cold. She has some jarring metaphors that really do not fly. Next to Madeleine she falls flat -- except for the poem equating snow with the "salt of the Lord". I enjoyed that one, and it often reconciled snow to me, making it a cleansing thing.
(review written March 1999)
(review written March 1999)
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Author Madeleine L'Engle was born in New York City on November 29, 1918. She graduated from Smith College. She is best known for A Wrinkle in Time (1962), which won the 1963 Newbery Medal for best American children's book. While many of her novels blend science fiction and fantasy, she has also written a series of autobiographical books, including show more Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage, which deals with the illness and death of her husband, soap opera actor Hugh Franklin. In 2004, she received a National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush. She died on September 6, 2007 of natural causes. Since 1976, Wheaton College in Illinois has maintained a special collection of L'Engle's papers, and a variety of other materials, dating back to 1919. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Luci Shaw was born in London, England, in 1928. The author of thirty-five books of poetry, essays, and creative nonfiction, since 1986 she has been Writer-in-Residence at Regent College, Vancouver. Her writing has appeared in numerous literary and religious journals. In 2013, she received the Denise Levertov Award for Creative Writing from Seattle show more Pacific University. She Jives with her husband, John Hoyte, in Bellingham, Washington. show less
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