{"product_id":"the-cloister-walk-isbn-9781573225847","title":"The Cloister Walk","description":"\u003cp\u003e A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vivid, compelling... An embrace of moral and spiritual contemplation.” \u003ci\u003e–The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A remarkable piece of writing. If read with humility and attention, Kathleen Norris's book becomes lectio divina, or holy reading.” \u003ci\u003e–The Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the iconic author of \u003ci\u003eAmazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, a spiritual journey that brings joy to the meanings of love, grace and faith. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy would a married woman with a thoroughly Protestant background and often more doubt than faith be drawn to the ancient practice of monasticism, to a community of celibate men whose days are centered on a rigid schedule of prayer, work, and scripture? This is the question that poet Kathleen Norris asks us as, somewhat to her own surprise, she found herself on two extended residencies at St. John's Abbey in Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart record of her time among the Benedictines, part meditation on various aspects of monastic life, \u003ci\u003eThe Cloister Walk \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates, from the rare perspective of someone who is both an insider and outsider, how immersion in the cloistered world-- its liturgy, its ritual, its sense of community-- can impart meaning to everyday events and deepen our secular lives. In this stirring and lyrical work, the monastery, often considered archaic or otherworldly, becomes immediate, accessible, and relevant to us, no matter what our faith may be.\u003c\/p\u003ePreface\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDawn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeptember 3: Gregory the Great\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSt. John's Abbey Liturgy Schedule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Rule and Me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeptember 17: Hildegard of Bingen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeptember 29: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Archangels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Difference\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeptember 30: Jerome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOctober 1: Thérèse of the Child Jesus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOctober 2: Guardian Angels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremiah as Writer: The Necessary Other\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovember 1 and 2: All Saints, All Souls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovember 16: Gertrude the Great\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExile, Homeland, and Negative Capability\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York City: The Trappist Connection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles: The O Antiphons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBorderline\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Christmas Music\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanuary 2: Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePassage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Paradox of the Psalms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBaptism of the Lord: A Tale of Intimacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanuary 10: Gregory of Nyssa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFebruary 2: Candlemas\/Presentation of the Lord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelibate Passion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFebruary 10: Scholastica\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood Old Sin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcedia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePride\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDegenerates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Melleray Abbey Liturgy Schedule\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago: Religion in America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe War on Metaphor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarch 18: Mechtild of Magdeburg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApril 2: Mary of Egypt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaved by a Rockette: Easters I Have Known\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTriduum: The Three Days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTriduum Notes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCinderella in Kalamazoo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Virgin Martyrs: Between \"Point Vierge\" and the \"Usual Spring\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMinneapolis: Cocktails with Simon Tugwell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay 15: Emily Dickinson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria Goretti: Cipher or Saint?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvening\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenesis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoad Trip\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlaces and Displacement: Rattlesnakes in Cyberspace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearning to Love: Benedictine Women on Celibacy and Relationship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cloister Walk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Garden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Church and the Sermon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 9: Ephrem the Syrian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmall Town Sunday Morning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt Last, Her Laundry's Done\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDreaming of Trees\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonks and Women\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuly 11: Benedict's Cave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Glorious Robe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen and the Habit: A Not-so-glorious Dilemma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Gregorian Brain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenerations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonastic Park\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugust 28: Augustine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lands of Sunrise and Sunset\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Nursing Home on Sunday Afternoon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne Man's Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's a Sweet Life\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComing and Going: Monastic Rituals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Rest of the Community\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Only City in America\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Cloister Walk\u003c\/i\u003e, persisting in [Norris's] wonderfully idiosyncratic ways, she gives us the result of an 'immersion into a liturgical world'... She is one of hisotyr's writing pilgrims but also a contemporary American one, boldly willing to forsake any number of cultural fads, trends, and preoccupations in favor of this 'walk,' this searching expedition within herself.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Norris continues to write plainspoken meditations that expand the purview of non-fiction... She writes about religion with the imagination of a poet... In reading Norris, one comse to feel like a spiritual collaborate and, when one's spirit fails, like a spiritual rebel.\" --\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With her lucid, luminous prose, hardheaded logic, and far-reaching metaphors, Norris has brought us the cloister at its most alive.\" \u003ci\u003e--San Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Cloister Walk \u003c\/i\u003eis a new opportunity to discover a remarkable writer with a huge, wise heart... you want to share this great discovery, giving her work as a gift-- or you simply shove a copy in the face of a friend, saying, 'Read this.'\" --\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Norris presents ample proof that holy people don't have to be starchy... If you learn anything from The Cloister Walk, it's that monks are people too. They gossip, crack jokes, fall asleep in church, suffer through depression and doubt like the rest of us.... Perhaps there's hope for spiritual life outside the cloister after all.\" --\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathleen Norris\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAmazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Cloister Walk\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDakota: A Spiritual Geography\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker,\u003c\/i\u003e in various anthologies, and in her own three volumes of poetry. She divides her time between South Dakota and Hawaii.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303554863333,"sku":"NP9781573225847","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781573225847.jpg?v=1767738712","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-cloister-walk-isbn-9781573225847","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}