About Kathleen Norris - Author of Dakota, a Spiritual Geography

Kathleen Norris is the author of the 2014 Campus Read selection, Dakota: a Spiritual Geography.  This book is also part of a special One Book collaboration by the states of North Dakota and South Dakota to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the entry of both into statehood.

"Kathleen Norris is the award-winning poet, writer, and author of The New York Times bestsellers The Cloister Walk, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, and The Virgin of Bennington.  Exploring the spiritual life, her work is at once intimate and historical, rich in poetry and meditations, brimming with exasperation and reverence, deeply grounded in both nature and spirit, sometimes funny, and often provocative."  Read more ...