Category Archives: spirituality

The Moral of Pierre

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

Most people think of Where the Wild Things Are, appropriately enough. But this week, hearing on the radio that Maurice Sendak had died at the age of 83, I thought first of Pierre, the petulant child of the eponymous “cautionary … Continue reading →

Posted in reading, spirituality | Tagged Alligators All Around, Aristotle, cautionary tales, Chicken Soup with Rice, children's books, conflict, crisis, Lindsey Crittenden, Maurice Sendak, moral tales, narrative, narrative reversal, Nutshell Library, One Was Johnny, Pierre, resolution, Where the Wild Things Are | 7 Comments

If I Gave a Reading in the Forest, and No Tree Fell, Would Anyone Buy a Copy of My Book?*

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

While in grad school, some seventeen years ago, I taught my first class and gave my first public reading. Both were nerve-wracking—I practiced for days, reading aloud from pages marked up with little arrows and accent marks. You know, slow … Continue reading →

Posted in community, faith, spirituality, teaching, Uncategorized, writing | Tagged a writer's writer, Alan Jones, Benjamin Ismail, community, Dean Alan Jones, Facebook, Facebook page, Grace Cathedral, grad school, Julia Halprin Jackson, Lindsey Crittenden, low attendance, Pam Metzger, public readings, Sacramento, stories, Stories On Stage, storytelling, The Art of FIction, The Water Will Hold You, theology of abundance, theology of scarcity | 2 Comments

April Is National Poetry Month

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

My friend and writing colleague Ilana de Bare has posted a terrific piece on her blog, Midlife Bat Mitzvah, about Adrienne Rich, who died on Tuesday. Like, I suspect, a lot of women, I heard about Rich before I ever … Continue reading →

Posted in craft, prayer, reading, spirituality, writing | Tagged Adrienne RIch, brother's death, eulogies, grief, heaven, Ilana de Bare, jays, lament, Lindsey Crittenden, Midlife Bat Mtizvah, mourning, Pattiann Rogers, poetry, poets of desire, prayer, precision, prophecy, sympathy cards, The Next Story, The Water Will Hold You, W.H. Auden | 2 Comments

Retreat

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

I just got home from the convent. A writer’s retreat, actually: three nights in a small room (bed, desk, chair, sink, icon) at a spiritual center run by Dominican Sisters, a thirty-minute drive north. Outside the door to my room, … Continue reading →

Posted in community, spirituality, writing | Tagged convent, Dominican Sisters, Lindsey Crittenden, places to write, productivity, residencies, The Shining, The Water Will Hold You, writer's retreat, writing retreats | 5 Comments

Let It Shine

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

There will be no post next week, January 13. I’ll be back January 20. Epiphany. That’s what today is, on the church calendar: the Feast of the Epiphany. Twelfth night. The magi—three wise men—showed up to pay homage to the … Continue reading →

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