![]() ![]() She was a bookish and sheltered student, stunned by the hedonistic excesses common at Bennington in that era. Critics find her books appealing because they are written in accessible language, and because they express doubt and an ongoing sense of conflict. In The Cloister Walk and other writings, she sheds light on monastic life, the value of celibacy, and the need for religion in the modern world. Eventually, she took layman’s vows at this monastery. Norris, a married Protestant woman, found an apparently unlikely source for spiritual peace at a Catholic monastery near her home. In these books, Norris ruminates on her religious upbringing, the doubts that assailed her as she reached maturity, and her continuing examination of the conflicts within her. ![]() Kathleen Norris began her literary career as a poet, but it was her spiritual memoirs such as Amazing Grace (1998), The Cloister Walk (1996) , and Dakota: A Spiritual Geography (1993) that brought her to the attention of the general reading public. Born in Washington, DC, Norris spent much of her childhood in Hawaii, then earned a BA at Bennington College in Vermont. ![]()
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