“As I child, I knew Meg was the main character, and I was glad she wasn’t perfect. Meg is on a mission to rescue her parents...Her plight makes her the every-child and her shortcomings make her Meg.” ~Ryan Britt for Reactor reactormag.com/why-a-wrinkl...

Why A Wrinkle in Time Should be Read Out Loud - Reactor

If I said A Wrinkle in Time was the first book my mother read to me out loud, I would be a lying. There would have been the Maurice Sendaks, the Dr. Seusses, the early Chris Van Alsburgs, not to…

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I wrote A Wrinkle in Time as a hymn of praise to God, so I must let it stand as it is and not be fearful when it is misunderstood. The Rock that is Higher

When I write, I realized, I do not think, I write. If I think when I am writing, it doesn’t work. I can think before I write; I can think after I write; but when I am actually writing, what I do is write. The Rock that is Higher

“In these short stories, as well as in her other works, L’Engle’s characters come first. What they do is primarily relevant in that it sheds light on who they are, and on who they’re becoming.” ~Emma Boggs for the Rumpus therumpus.net/2021/05/05/t...

Illuminating the Darkness: Madeleine L’Engle’s The Moment of Tenderness - The Rumpus

For anyone looking for some truth and tenderness amidst a still-trying time, look no further.

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If my religion is true, it will stand up to all my questioning; there is no need to fear. But if it is not true...then I want to be open to God, not to what man says about God. I want to be open to revelation, to new life, to new birth, to new light. ~Walking on Water

The best teachers of writing are the great writers themselves. If we read enough, certain truths become self-evident. There are certain things the great writers always do, and certain things they never do, and a proper study of their works will show us what these are. ~The Rock that is Higher

“I still remember the feeling of exhilaration as I read her. The feeling that ideas were being stuffed into my brain faster than I could process them.” ~Leah Schnelback for Tor www.tor.com/2021/11/29/c...

Celebrating the Sheer Weirdness of Madeleine L’Engle - Reactor

Madeleine L’Engle was my first sci-fi. Maybe also my first fantasy. I read her before Lewis, Tolkien, Adams, Bradbury. I was 11 when I read A Wrinkle in Time, and I quickly burned through all the…

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Affluence tends to bring with it a stupor, a flatulence of spirit. It is difficult to laugh freely as long as we are clutching all that we have accumulated and are afraid to lose. ~The Irrational Season

When I teach a writers’ workshop, all I can teach are techniques. One cannot teach “creative writing.” Such writing is a gift, but the gift cannot be served unless the techniques have been learned thoroughly enough to become instinctive. ~The Rock that is Higher

"For pastors and others who work in faith traditions this is an excellent resource to have on your shelf, and for those who work with those in grief I highly recommend L’Engle’s Sonnets." ~Hannah Bergstrom de Leon www.thebookwar.com/the-ordering...

The Ordering of Love by Madeleine L’Engle

– It’s Okay Poetry has the ability to transport a reader into the heart of the author, a situation or experience and Madeleine L’Engle in…

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Creative scientists and saints expect revelation and do not fear it. Neither do children. But as we grow up and we are hurt, we learn not to trust, and that lack of trust is a wound as grievous as whatever caused it. ~Walking on Water

We are never satisfied with what we have done. We know that our best is never adequate. If I had to be satisfied with what I have written I’d still be on my first novel. But I wrote what was for me the best book I could write at that moment in time. ~Madeleine L'Engle Herself

"Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?" is Madeleine L'Engle's spirited defense of the responsibility of children's literature to confront difficult questions, as she did in all her work, particularly her masterpiece A Wrinkle in Time. us.macmillan.com/books/978146...

It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. ~The Summer of the Great Grandmother

The great writer does not tell us what ought to be done, or what we think. The true writer shows us what is done, avoiding author’s comment. ~The Rock that is Higher

"A big-budget TV show could walk viewers a little more carefully and slowly through the events of L'Engle's novel, more openly discussing its themes of religion and feminism." –Witney Seibold for Slash Film www.slashfilm.com/2207303/sci-...

5 Sci-Fi Books That Deserve A Big Budget TV Adaptation - SlashFilm

There are plenty of science-fiction books that would make for incredible TV adaptations, so here are five that need to be adapted.

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We all tend to make zealous judgements and thereby close ourselves off from revelation. If we feel that we already know something in its totality, then we fail to keep our ears and eyes open to that which may expand or even change that which we so zealously think we know. ~Walking on Water

Why we shudder at the violence in fairy tales rather than the violence of everyday life at the end of this century is beyond me. —The Rock That Is Higher

ICYMI: “Children already know fear, grief, and uncertainty; they don’t need to be shielded from these realities. They need stories that help them navigate them.” Charlotte Jones Voiklis for Nonprofit Quarterly nonprofitquarterly.org/madeleine-le...

Madeleine L’Engle’s Books Were Never Meant to Be “Safe” | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

The granddaughter of beloved writer Madeleine L’Engle, author of one of the most banned books of the last 60 years, advocates that books should build courage, not keep us “safe.”

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident!” she shouted, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

The painters and writers who see the abuse and misuse of freedom and cry out for justice for the helpless poor, the defenseless old, give me more hope; as long as anybody cares, all is not lost. Walking on Water

“We knew that she always wanted to be a writer, but we didn’t know just how ambitious she was. You will see in her earnest journal entries that she put her heart and soul into that yearning for success and recognition.” Léna Roy, Madeleine’s granddaughter www.slj.com/story/some-t...

All art is cosmos, cosmos found within chaos… Walking on Water

“A Sign for a Sparrow,” set 150 years after the Atomic Age, opens on the radioactive wasteland of a flickering-green Earth. The main character receives orders to leave his young family & join an expedition through time & space in search of an inhabitable planet.” www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/0...

How a Pandemic and Nuclear Threats Shaped Madeleine L’Engle’s Writing and Worldview

The Wrinkle in Time author was born during the 1918 flu pandemic and parented young kids through threats of nuclear war. A posthumous collection, The Moment of Tenderness shows the ways…

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If our vocabulary dwindles to a few shopworn words, we are setting ourselves up for takeover by a dictator. When language becomes exhausted, our freedom dwindles—we cannot think; we do not recognize danger; injustice strikes us as no more than “the way things are.” Walking on Water

If someone handed you a book by Madeleine L'Engle at exactly the right moment, this is for you. madeleinelengle.com has been refreshed and reorganized. More of her work, her words, and her world all in one place. Tag a reader who would love this. ↓ illus by Adelina Lirius

“There's an exchange near the beginning of the book when Meg and her mother are talking. And her mother says, just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist.” ~Laura Kwerel for All Things Considered www.npr.org/2018/03/06/5...

How A Budding Astronomer Found Her Universe In 'A Wrinkle In Time'

Before it became a Disney movie, A Wrinkle In Time was a book that inspired generations of readers. One of them was an 8-year-old who loved that the hero was a science-loving girl who didn't fit in.

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The fairy tale reveals a truly nonsexist world, because we are all, male and female, both the younger son and the true princess—as well as the monster we’d rather not recognize. The Rock that is Higher

Hate, it appears to me, is the heresy.

"The first people a dictator puts in jail...are the writers, the teachers, the librarians—because these people are dangerous. They...recognize injustice & speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people."

Dare to Disturb the Universe: Madeleine L’Engle on Creativity, Censorship, Writing, and the Duty of Children’s Books

“We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely to find them. If we are looking for witchcraft and evil, we’ll likely find them, a…

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