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In Town: Kathleen Norris and John Sandford

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From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Date: 20010429
Author:GEETA SHARMA-JENSEN

In Town: Kathleen Norris and John Sandford

Sunday, April 29, 2001

"Poetry had been like dress up for me, and while it was becoming more important in my life, I was unsure of what that could mean," writes Kathleen Norris in "The Virgin of Bennington."

What it came to mean was that Norris became a bona fide poet and writer, known to us today for such bestsellers as "Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith," "The Cloister Walk" and "Dakota."

In "The Virgin of Bennington" (Riverhead Books, $24.95), Norris explores the making of her poetry, recalling her years at Bennington College in the '60s and ...

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