A Wrinkle in Time Archives

Mindy Kaling as Mrs Who surrounded by stacks of books in A Wrinkle In Time movie

What to Read After ‘A Wrinkle In Time’

March 22, 2018March 21, 2018Amy Weir

Finished ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ and searching for read-alikes? Here are reading suggestions, everything from more L’Engle to books that reference the classic story.

Family tree of the Murry-O'Keefe families

Me, Meg Murry-O’Keefe, and a Woman’s Choices

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018Amy Weir

Are you going to shame Meg for her choice to focus on family instead of a career? I thought feminism had progressed beyond this. I thought we understood, now, that we have the right to choose what part of our life we want to most focus on. That’s feminism.

Panels from Hope Larson's graphic novel adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time

Calvin O’Keefe, Closet Geek (More on ‘A Wrinkle In Time’)

February 8, 2018February 21, 2018Amy Weir

The ‘Wrinkle In Time’ celebration continues with a look at popular jock Calvin O’Keefe, just waiting to meet a family of uber-nerds like the Murrys to let his geek flag fly.

Illustration from A Wrinkle In Time, hands holding an outstretched string with an ant on one end, then hands folding the string together, so the ant is now perched on the hands

There Is Such a Thing as a Tesseract: Science in ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

January 8, 2018April 9, 2018Amy Weir2

So how does ‘A Wrinkle in Time’s titular interdimensional travel work, anyway? We take a sort of scientific look at the science behind the tesseract.

Saluting That Most Stubborn of Everygirls, Meg Murry

March 16, 2017December 12, 2017Amy Weir1

Everyone needs to be reminded, sometimes, that they, too, can be a hero. Such is the importance of Meg Murry for all the awkward self-loathing nerds who discover her.

Hello, My Name Is Disordered

February 16, 2017December 11, 2017Amy Weir2

Is it better to have a slightly wrong label if it gets you the help you need?

Excerpt from a letter by Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L’Engle on Courage From Stories

November 14, 2016December 9, 2017Amy Weir1

One little sentence, one little personal connection between me and a woman who’d unwittingly changed my life, the woman I would name my daughter after eight years later.

A Minority-Full ‘Wrinkle In Time’ Is All Right With Me

May 17, 2016January 4, 2018Amy Weir4

The newest feature film adaptation of ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ is casting mixed-race and minority leads, and I for one am all for it.

Tesse-whatsit? The Science-ish of Tesseracts in Science Fiction

March 7, 2014December 15, 2017Ruth Suehle5

The idea of a tesseract has been used in fiction quite a bit since the term was coined—can you believe it?—in 1888. Here are a few examples.