Luci Shaw

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Luci Shaw
Born (1928-12-29) December 29, 1928 (age 95)
England
Citizenship American (naturalized in 1995)
Alma materWheaton (1953)
Occupation(s)poet, essay writer
Spouses
  • Harold Shaw
  • John Hoyte (1991)

Luci Shaw (born December 29, 1928) is a Christian writer of poetry and essays. [1] [2]

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Background

Shaw was born on December 29, 1928, in England. [2] Her parents were medical missionaries, and she lived in Canada and Australia before moving to the United States to attend Wheaton College, Illinois. [3] Shaw graduated from Wheaton in 1953 with high honors. [3] [4]

Shaw became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1995. [2]

Shaw is now Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver. She lectures on art and spirituality, the Christian imagination, poetry-writing, and journaling as an aid to artistic and spiritual growth. [5]

She has published ten volumes of poetry (several still in print) and numerous non-fiction books, and has edited and collaborated on multiple other works, including several with Madeleine L'Engle. [6] Her poems are widely anthologized. [1] Shaw usually works in free verse, and typically her poems are quite short, less than a page. Nevertheless, in tone and content, she affiliates most readily with the transcendental poets, often finding in natural details and themes the touch of the eternal or other-worldly.[ citation needed ]

She is a charter member of the Chrysostom Society, an organization of published writers which "serves the Christian community by promoting the development of quality literature." [7]

Shaw married Harold Shaw and had five children: Robin, Marian, John, Jeffrey, and Kristin. [2] Shaw and her husband started a publishing house, Harold Shaw Publishers, in the basement of their home in 1972. [3] [4] After Harold died from lung cancer in 1986, Shaw became president of Harold Shaw Publishers. [3] [4] [8] Stephen Board became owner of Harold Shaw Publishers in 1990 and sold it to Random House's WaterBrook Press in 2000. [9]

Shaw married John Hoyte in 1991. [8] They are members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Bellingham, Washington, where they currently live. [1] [6]

Selected works

Poetry

Non-fiction

Use in music

A number of Shaw's works have been set to music, by a variety of composers:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Shaw, Luci. Biography. Accessed October 16, 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Biographical Information". Luci Shaw. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Luci Shaw". Chrysostom Society. May 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Stetson, Nancy (19 November 1989). "Poet Luci Shaw Deal Honestly with Doubts and Struggles". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "50 Women You Should Know". Christianity Today . Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  6. 1 2 Overstreet, Anne M. Doe. "A Conversation with Luci Shaw". Image Journal. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Chrysostom Society" . Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  8. 1 2 Stiles, Peter (2010). "Luci Shaw (1928-)". The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press. pp. 559–560. ISBN   9780810872837.
  9. ↑ "PW: RH Acquires Harold Shaw". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
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