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Kathleen Norris: Dakota and other holy places. (includes related essay on poets and monks) (Cover Story)

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From: The Christian Century
Date: 19940727
Author:Bendis, Debra; Norris, Kathleen

Religion for Kathleen Norris was once "a constraint to overcome by dint of reason, learning, artistic creativity, sexual liberation." But 20 years ago a move from New York City to South Dakota changed all that. The cultural and geographical shock of the move prompted Norris to begin a religious quest in which she eventually "rediscovered the religion I was born to, and found in it a home."

Her journey back to Christianity, as described in her 1993 book Dakota, was marked by unusual spiritual persistence. Norris, who before Dakota wrote two books of poetry - Falling Off (1971) ...

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