Madeleine L'Engle, Dead at 88
Madeleine L'Engle died last night. She was, for me an inspiration. I've shared her wonderful books with so many people. I'm deeply saddened and feel her loss keenly. Like Kelly at Big A, little a, A Wrinkle in Time meant the world to me when I was growing up. The book went on to be one of my children's favorites as well and now I am reading it to my grandchildren.
AmoXcalli is in mourning. The kidlit blogosphere is in mourning.
There may be more later as I find out more. This is a tremendous loss for literature and the world.
I'll be adding links below as they come in:
Publishers Weekly
Publisher's Weekly Tribute to Madeleine L'Engle dated 9/13/07
An interview with Madeleine L'Engle
New York Times
Madeleine L'Engle's Official Website
CNN
ABC News - Chicago
Seattle Times
Charlotte Observer
Albuerquerque Tribune
International Herald Tribune
United Press International
Shakesville
Hecate
MSNBC
The Ranting Room
CBC Canada
Jen Robinson
Kids lit
Wands and Worlds
Book Slut
The Elegant Variation
The Longstockings
New York Magazine
Episcopal Life Online
Blog From the Windowsill
Books by Night
Short News - Germany
Reuters
Showbiz Spy - UK
Literary Safari
Liz in Ink
Fuse #8
Technomom
Lessons From the Tortise
Kelley Fineman
Left Coast Mama
LizB at A Chair, a Fireplace and a Tea Cozy
Annie
Monica
Sherry
Genevieve
Washington Post
A Wrung Sponge
If I missed anyone and I'm sure I missed tons, please add them to the comments section and I'll try to get them all linked at some point.
11 comments:
Thanks for the wrapup, Gina. This is obviously a loss that has hit many of us hard.
I put a brief mention at my blog (tortoise lessons) as well--
thanks for collecting all these here. It's wonderful to read.
I posted mid-afternoon at Writing and Ruminating: http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/231052.html
Thanks for the wrap-up. I found you through Kelly of Big A.
She will be greatly missed.
Gina, thanks so much for the round up.
I just posted my memories and thoughts at http://yzocaet.blogspot.com/2007/09/madeleine-lengle.html
ere is my tribute--a collection of my favorite quotes from Wrinkle & its 2 sequels:
http://superfastreader.com/as-madeleine-put-it.htm
I've a post as well: http://medinger.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/madeleine-lengle-my-ya-author/
yjqtvmnI'm posting all wek about Ms. L'engle and her books at Semicolon. Today's entry is an annotated bibliography of all her published works:
http://www.semicolonblog.com/?p=2128
This is sad. Thanks for the info though.
Thank you so much for posting all of these. I think you have the most complete round-up I've seen.
Phantom Scribbler has an open thread with many posts here:
http://phantomscribbler.blogspot.com/2007/09/madeleine-l-open-thread.html
I posted about it last week too. Thanks for this great list of links. It is very sad what we have lost, but amazing what she gave us.
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