Kathleen Norris (poet)

for the novelist Kathleen Norris, see Kathleen Norris

Kathleen Norris (born in Washington, D.C. on July 27, 1947) is a best-selling poet and essayist. She became known for her writings about Christian spirituality, especially after she became a Benedictine oblate and spent two extended periods at Saint John's Abbey in Minnesota. Born in Washington D.C., Norris was raised in South Dakota and Honolulu, attended Bennington College in Vermont and now divides her time between South Dakota and Hawaii.

She was married to the poet David Dwyer until his death in 2003.

Published books

Non-Fiction

• Dakota: A Spiritual Geography (awarded "Notable Book" status by The New York Times)
• The Cloister Walk
• The Virgin of Bennington
• Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith
• Benedict and Scholastica
• The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and "Women's Work"
• Acedia and Me

Poetry

• Falling Off
• The Middle of the World
• The Year of Common Things
• Little Girls in Church
• Journey (collection)

Norris has also been a regular contributor to such magazines as Christian Century.

External links

• Interview with Kathleen Norris Part I and Part II
• Interview with Kathleen Norris
• Poetry of Kathleen Norris
• Works by or about Kathleen Norris (poet) in libraries (WorldCat catalog)