Mary Clearman Blew
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Mary Clearman Blew (born 1939) is an American non fiction writer.
Life
She was born in 1939, December 10th.{{cite web|url=http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Classroom%20Materials/Reading%20the%20Region/Northwest%20Schools%20of%20Literature/Commentary/13.html|publisher=washington.edu|title=Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest|accessdate=2017-03-04}}
She was born and raised in Montana near Lewistown.{{cite web|url=http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/dont-tell-her-she-cant-a-profile-of-author-mary-clearman-blew|publisher=hcn.org|title=Don't tell her she can't: a profile of author Mary Clearman Blew — High Country News|accessdate=2017-03-04}}
She attended the University of Montana.
Career
She is a professor of creative writing at the University of Idaho and Pacific Lutheran University.{{cite web|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/author-page/mary-clearman-blew|publisher=lareviewofbooks.org|title=Mary Clearman Blew - Los Angeles Review of Books|accessdate=2017-03-04}}
She has received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and the Western Heritage Award.
Bibliography
Some of her books are:
- All But the Waltz: A Memoir of Five Generations in the Life of a Montana Family (Viking, 1991){{cite news|last1=Toth|first1=Susan Allen|title=Grandpa Was a Cowboy|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/08/books/grandpa-was-a-cowboy.html|accessdate=29 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=8 December 1991}}{{cite news|title=ALL BUT THE WALTZ Essays on a Montana Family by Mary Clearman Blew|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-clearman-blew/all-but-the-waltz/|accessdate=29 June 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=June 15, 1991}}{{cite news|title=Nonfiction Book Review: All But the Waltz: 2a Memoir of Five Generations in the Life of a Montana Family by Mary Clearman Blew|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-670-83108-1|accessdate=29 June 2017|work=Publishers Weekly|date=September 2, 1991|language=en}}
- This Is Not the Ivy League: A Memoir{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/books/review/this-is-not-the-ivy-league-by-mary-clearman-blew-book-review.html|title=This Is Not the Ivy League — By Mary Clearman Blew — Book Review|last=Thomas|first=Louisa|date=2011-09-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-29|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news|last1=Leach|first1=Diane|title='This Is Not the Ivy League' Is an Unsparing Yet Magnificent Memoir|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/148256-this-is-not-the-ivy-league-by-mary-clearman-blew/|accessdate=29 June 2017|work=PopMatters|date=18 September 2011}}{{cite news|title=THIS IS NOT THE IVY LEAGUE by Mary Clearman Blew {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-clearman-blew/not-ivy-league/|accessdate=29 June 2017|work=Kirkus Reviews|date=July 20, 2011|language=en-us}}{{cite journal|last1=Welch|first1=Lois M.|title=This Is Not the Ivy League: A Memoir (review)|journal=Western American Literature|date=30 June 2012|volume=47|issue=1|pages=91–92|doi=10.1353/wal.2012.0034|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/480121/pdf|accessdate=29 June 2017|issn=1948-7142}}{{cite news|last1=Golden|first1=Serena|title='This Is Not the Ivy League'|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/10/19/new_memoir_on_an_academic_career_spent_outside_the_ivy_league|accessdate=29 June 2017|work=Insider Higher Ed|date=October 19, 2011}}
- Balsamroot: A Memoir
- Jackalope Dreams
- Bone Deep in Landscape: Writing, Reading, and Place
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.uidaho.edu/class/english/graduate/mfa-creative-writing/mfa-faculty/mary-clearman-blew}}v
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Category:American women non-fiction writers
Category:University of Idaho faculty
Category:Pacific Lutheran University faculty