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From: Stacy Whitman <stacer11>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:18:54 -0500
I just heard Katherine Paterson speak last night at the Cambridge Forum here in MA. What an amazing talk. I know WGBH is going to make it available as a webcast, and I highly recommend watching it. The title of the talk was "Are You There, God? Asking Big Questions in Children's Literature." She talked about how she includes religion and belief in her books because she is a person of faith. She quoted C.S. Lewis:
"The book cannot be what the writer is not."
She talked about what her role is as a maker of meaning in a world gone mad. She told stories about a school visit she made right after Sept. 11, and how her son's best friend died when he was 8, and how these experiences and others have informed her writing. One thing I remember her saying is that it's useless to pretend that all is well, but cynicism is the easy way out. She prefers to seek for meaning instead, "healing and illumination." She also talked about hope.
All in all, it was a thoughtful talk about integrating faith with art. I hope if you weren't able to hear it the first time around, you'll be able to hear it on the web.
Stacy Whitman
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From: Sue McGown
To: Rita Auerbach
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Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] religion
Rylant has another delightful book Heavenly Villages which I read just after my father's death and loved. She gives people work to do in the heavely villages until they can gradually let go of their connection with earthly things. It's a fun book to read.
Sue McGown
Rita Auerbach wrote:
Cynthia Rylant has, of course, published a number of fine books with religious themes, but one of my favorites is her sometimes humorous, always thought-provoking collection of poems, God Went to Beauty School (HarperTempest, 2003). Based on the premise that God comes to earth to experience the world God has created, the poems comment on human society, on the sacred in the mundane, on our perceptions of the deity. For anyone who doesn't find humor and belief incompatible, this is a delightful and wondrous book.
Rita Auerbach
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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:18:54 -0500
I just heard Katherine Paterson speak last night at the Cambridge Forum here in MA. What an amazing talk. I know WGBH is going to make it available as a webcast, and I highly recommend watching it. The title of the talk was "Are You There, God? Asking Big Questions in Children's Literature." She talked about how she includes religion and belief in her books because she is a person of faith. She quoted C.S. Lewis:
"The book cannot be what the writer is not."
She talked about what her role is as a maker of meaning in a world gone mad. She told stories about a school visit she made right after Sept. 11, and how her son's best friend died when he was 8, and how these experiences and others have informed her writing. One thing I remember her saying is that it's useless to pretend that all is well, but cynicism is the easy way out. She prefers to seek for meaning instead, "healing and illumination." She also talked about hope.
All in all, it was a thoughtful talk about integrating faith with art. I hope if you weren't able to hear it the first time around, you'll be able to hear it on the web.
Stacy Whitman
----- Original Message -----
From: Sue McGown
To: Rita Auerbach
Cc: Subscribers of ccbc-net
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] religion
Rylant has another delightful book Heavenly Villages which I read just after my father's death and loved. She gives people work to do in the heavely villages until they can gradually let go of their connection with earthly things. It's a fun book to read.
Sue McGown
Rita Auerbach wrote:
Cynthia Rylant has, of course, published a number of fine books with religious themes, but one of my favorites is her sometimes humorous, always thought-provoking collection of poems, God Went to Beauty School (HarperTempest, 2003). Based on the premise that God comes to earth to experience the world God has created, the poems comment on human society, on the sacred in the mundane, on our perceptions of the deity. For anyone who doesn't find humor and belief incompatible, this is a delightful and wondrous book.
Rita Auerbach
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