My story

How I came to write Consolations

How I came to write Consolations

As is often the case with fiction, my story is not Fiona’s story; and yet it is. I wanted to be a cloistered nun when I was fifteen. I formally applied after high school and received a letter from the Mother General saying that I needed to experience the world for at least a year, go […]

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My Writing Life with Nuns

My Writing Life with Nuns

This article is about the awakening of the writing impulse, focusing on my unusual relationship with the mother superior of the convent boarding school I attended in the early 1960’s. My experiences there laid the groundwork for my much later exploration of Thomas Merton and the time I spent in a Trappistine monastery, the two […]

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