MARY GORDON

'Mary Catherine Gordon' (born December 8 1949) is an American writer best known for her novels, memoirs and literary criticism. They constitute an important contribution to Irish-American literature.

Contents

Biography

Literary works

Novels

Novellas and short story collections

Non-fiction

External links

Biography

Mary Gordon was born in Far Rockaway, New York, to Anna Gagliano Gordon and David Gordon. While growing up, she lived for a number of years in Valley Stream and attended The Mary Louis Academy.
She received her A.B. from Barnard College in 1971, and her M.A. from Syracuse University in 1973. Gordon lived in New Paltz, New York for a time during the 1980's. She and her husband, Arthur Cash, live in New York City and have two adult children, Anna and David. Gordon is the McIntosh Professor of English at Barnard College. Cash is retired.
Mary Gordon's latest work is ''Circling My Mother: A Memoir'' which was published in 2007. It marks her return to nonfiction after two works of fiction.

Literary works

Novels

★ ''Final Payments'' (1978) ISBN 0-394-42793-9

★ ''The Company of Women'' (1981) ISBN 0-394-50508-5

★ ''Men and Angels'' (1985) ISBN 0-394-52403-9

★ ''The Other Side'' (1989) ISBN 0-670-82566-2

★ ''Spending'' (1998) ISBN 0-684-85204-7

★ ''Pearl'' (2005) ISBN 0-375-42315-X

Novellas and short story collections

★ ''The Rest of Life: Three Novellas'' (1994) ISBN 0-14-014907-4

★ ''Temporary Shelter'' (1987) ISBN 0-394-55520-1

★ ''The Stories of Mary Gordon'' (2006) ISBN 0-375-42316-8 (collects ''Temporary Shelter'' and 22 previously uncollected stories)

Non-fiction

★ 'Memoirs'

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★ ''The Shadow Man: A Daughter's Search For Her Father'' (1996) ISBN 0-679-74931-4

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★ ''Seeing Through Places: Reflections on Geography and Identity'' (2000) ISBN 0-684-86255-7

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★ ''Circling My Mother: A Memoir'' (2007) ISBN 0-375-42456-3

★ 'Essays'

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★ ''Good Boys and Dead Girls, and Other Essays'' (1991) ISBN 0-670-82567-0

★ 'Biography'

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★ ''Joan of Arc'' (2000) ISBN 0-670-88537-1

External links

★ Mary Gordon Interview transcript from the New York State Writers Institute

★ Mary Gordon biography, an excellent unvarnished account on the Columbia University website