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No Longer I O Garden-Dweller
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I Live, No Longer I won four 2018 Catholic Press Association Book Awards: First Place in Spirituality, Hardcover; First Place in Spirituality, Softcover; First Place in Theology; and First Place in Scripture, Popular Studies.
I Live, No Longer I was awarded the gold medal for Spirituality in the 2018 Illumination Book Awards, and won the category of Religion: Christianity in the 2017 American Book Fest Best Book Awards. I Live, No Longer I was a textbook in a Spirituality in the New Testament course taught by Dr. Michael J. Gorman at St. Mary's Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore. Click here for the course description. I Live, No Longer I (Wipf & Stock, 2017) is available from Wipf and Stock Publishers, Amazon, barnesandnoble.com, christianbook.com, and some bookstores. O Garden-Dweller was awarded Second Place in the category of Poetry in the 2018 Catholic Press Association Book Awards.
O Garden-Dweller (Finishing Line Press, 2017) is available from Finishing Line Press, Amazon, and barnesandnoble.com. This short poetry collection is a reimagining of the classic poetic text of the Song of Songs and what it might mean today in terms of how we seek out the divine in our own backyards, literally and figuratively. An essay on divine indwelling and the thought of Jean Vanier, Spark Calling to Spark: Divine Indwelling and Community, was featured by the Mission of St. Thorlak.
The Cresset featured Laura's poem "The Eyes I Have Desired" in the Easter 2019 issue. New poetry by Laura is forthcoming in Anglican Theological Review, Whale Road Review, Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing, Saint Katherine Review, The Windhover, Dappled Things, and Poems for Ephesians. Laura's poetry will appear in the anthology In a Strange Land (Cascade Books, forthcoming 2019). Laura's poem “The Superfluous Hen” was nominated by Riddled with Arrows literary journal for the Best of the Net 2018 Sundress Publications Anthology and a 2019 Pushcart Prize. Host Matt Guerrero interviews Laura about her writing and Carmelite spirituality on Ordinary Grace Podcast. The interview features a reading of "Substance Theory."
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Upcoming Events
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October 19, 2019
6:00 pm November 9, 2019
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Featured poet at the Zoetic Press Poetry Reading at The Book Show in Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, October 19, 2019, 6:00 pm Get directions Speaker, ADLA Catholic Bible Institute, on the topic of "Biblical Spirituality,"
Los Angeles, CA Saturday, November 9, 2019, time TBD |
Past Events
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February 16, 2019
9:30 am January 12, 2019
3:00 pm August 4, 2018
6:00 pm October 14, 2017
2:00 to 5:00 pm September 10, 2017
12:15 pm August 6, 2017
6:30 pm June 6, 2017
8:00 am April 23, 2017
9:30 am March 25, 2017
8:00 am March 2, 2017
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Directed retreat on "Keys to Ordinary Holiness According to Saint Paul" at Pauline Books and Media in Culver City, CA
Saturday, February 16, 2019, 9:30 am Get directions Fire & Mud Poetry Reading at the Museum of Ventura County. Poets shared poems about the recent devastating fires and mudslides which have impacted many California communities.
Saturday, January 12, 2019, 3:00 pm Get directions Featured poet at the Zoetic Press Poetry Reading at The Book Show in Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, August 4, 2018, 6:00 pm Get directions Book signing at The Open Book in The Oaks Mall, Thousand Oaks, CA
Saturday, October 14, 2017, 2:00 - 5:00 pm Get directions Spoke at Women of the Book, Our Lady of Grace Church, Encino, CA
Sunday, September 10, 2017, 12:15 pm Get directions Spoke on the topic of "Spirituality and Creative Writing" and read poems from O Garden-Dweller, Theology on Tap, Our Lady of Grace Church, Encino, CA
Sunday, August 6, 2017, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Get directions Talk and book signing at Saint Jude the Apostle Church, Westlake Village, CA
Tuesday, June 6, 2017, 8:00 am Get directions Talk and book signing at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, CA
Sunday, April 23, 2017, 9:30 am Get directions Retreat talk and book signing in the Parish Hall of Guardian Angel Catholic Church, Pacoima, CA
Saturday, March 25, 2017, 8:00 am Get directions Talk and book signing in the Parish Hall of St. Bernardine of Siena Church, Woodland Hills, CA
Thursday, March 2, 2017, 7:30 pm Get directions |